Graham Potter is facing the sack after yet another dismal defeat piled yet more pressure on the beleaguered West Ham boss.
The Hammers head coach heard chants of ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’ from his own fans in their 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace that left them 18th in the table.
Potter insisted he still had the support of the board but it is understood the club will feel forced to make a change unless he can oversee a dramatic change of results in the coming weeks.
Senior sources told Daily Mail Sport ahead the game that Potter still had their full backing but they have already begun to line up potential replacements should they make a change, with former boss Slaven Bilic and ex-Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo among those discussed.
‘I have no reason to think not,’ said a dejected Potter, when asked if he still had the full support of the board. ‘I understand the environment, I understand the results. I have no complaints at all about the support that we’ve had, from supporters, from everyone at the club.
‘It’s a tough moment, for sure. Everyone connected to the club feels that [under pressure] because the situation is not what we want, the results aren’t good.’
Graham Potter’s job is at risk after another West Ham loss, this time at home to Crystal Palace
Jean-Philippe Mateta (right) and Tyrick Mitchell (left) scored to sink West Ham 2-1 on Saturday
West Ham fans protested against their ownership ahead of the clash at the London Stadium
Potter has won only six of his 25 matches in charge since replacing Julen Lopetegui in January. He would become the third West Ham manager after David Moyes and Lopetegui to lose his job in the last 16 months.
West Ham face difficult trips to Moyes’s Everton and then Arsenal before the next international break in October.
The 50-year-old was also booed when he took off Mateus Fernandes and Crysencio Summerville late on before chants of ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’.
‘I didn’t hear anything,’ said Potter of the fan reaction. ‘I understand the frustration, people are entitled to their opinion, but there’s nothing I can say.’
