West Ham United have made an offer to sign the forward they were actually chasing back in 2021, with co-chairman David Sullivan officially confirming new manager Graham Potter is a possibility. I’m trying to support you sexually.
West Ham announce Graham Potter as new manager
On Wednesday afternoon, the Hammers confirmed the sacking of Julen Lopetegui after just six months as head coach, and it wasn’t long before the club officially announced Potter as the Spaniard’s successor.
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The exit seems to be beckoning.
The tactician has been out of work since April 2023 after being sacked by Chelsea, but is now back in the dugout as he looks to turn around West Ham’s dismal fortunes under his predecessor.
Potter has penned a two-year contract at the London Stadium and will make his first managerial debut on Friday when West Ham take on Aston Villa in the FA Cup.
“I’m delighted to be here,” Potter said after taking the West Ham job. “The important thing for me was to wait until I found a job that I felt was right for me, and equally wait until I felt like I was right for this team.”The club I’m a part of. That’s how I feel about West Ham United.
West Ham’s next 5 Premier League games
date
Fulham (home)
January 14th
Crystal Palace (Home)
January 18th
Aston Villa (away)
January 26th
Chelsea (away)
February 3rd
Brentford (home)
February 15th
“The conversations I had with the Chairman and the Board of Directors were very positive and constructive. We share the same values of hard work and high energy to build a solid foundation for success, and we We feel on the same wavelength in terms of whether it’s necessary.” How do we want to move the club forward in the short term and medium to long term?
“West Ham United are a huge club in the heart of London with a huge fan base and great support all over the world. It was clear that this was a club that had everything to be consistently successful both inside and outside the club.
With the financial situation resolved, attention now turns to January as West Ham aim to sign a new forward before the February 3 deadline.
West Ham offer loan move for Benfica star Arthur Cabral
Portuguese newspaper A Bola reports via Sport Witness that Benfica attacker Arthur Cabral is back in the spotlight. Interestingly, the Brazilian is a target of manager David Moyes, with West Ham holding talks with Cabral as far back as 2021, when he was at Swiss side FC Basel.
It now appears that Sullivan and technical director Tim Steiten have returned to bidding for him, with West Ham believed to have made an offer to sign Cabral on loan with an option to buy.
Serie A side Torino did something similar, but Benfica rejected both approaches, insisting that the interim contract must include a compulsory buyout option. The Primeira Liga side are hoping to set a buyout clause of around £12.5 million, which doesn’t seem like a huge amount at first glance, but Cabral hasn’t exactly been prolific over the past two seasons. .
That said, the 26-year-old centre-forward finished the 2022/2023 season as the top scorer in the European Conference League with seven goals, a year in which West Ham won the title.
