Everything should get better under him – for Niclas Füllkrug and the whole team: Graham Potter is the new coach at Premier League club West Ham United. The first division club from London announced this one day after parting ways with Spanish coach Julen Lopetegui. The 49-year-old Potter was recently without a club and previously coached Chelsea FC and Brighton & Hove Albion. He receives a 2.5 year contract with the “Hammers”.
“I’m very happy to be here. It was important to me that I waited until I found a job that I was convinced was a good fit for me. And that I was also a good fit for the club I was joining “That’s the feeling I have at West Ham United.”said Potter, according to a club statement. He shares with the club and those responsible “the same values of hard work and high energy to create a solid foundation for success”.
A new boost for Füllkrug?
West Ham is currently in 14th place in the table, seven points clear of relegation zone. In the last eleven games, the team only won three times. The team suffered heavy defeats against the top teams from Liverpool (0:5) and Manchester City (1:4). The hitherto hapless filling pitcher, who moved to London in the summer and was then dealing with an injury, recently scored only his second goal in the Premier League against City.