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Exclusive: Nuno, Dyche, Bilic among the names to replace Graham Potter at West Ham
West Ham are considering Nuno Espirito Santo, Sean Dyche, Slaven Bilic and Gary O’Neil as potential replacements for under pressure manager Graham Potter. The club hierarchy are feeling the heat after a poor start to the season and are considering a change at the top. For fans looking to make the most of these managerial changes, check out our top football betting sites to see the latest odds on who could take over next.

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West Ham have drawn up a shortlist of successors with time running out for under pressure Graham Potter, SportsBoom can exclusively reveal. If you want to make the most of the upcoming fixtures and place your bets, check out our guide to bet sites with welcome bonus to get started with extra value today.
Our sources have been told Nuno Espirito Santo, Sean Dyche, Slaven Bilic and Gary O’Neil are being considered to take the Hammers’ hot seat.
The club's hierarchy are getting increasingly twitchy with the torrid start to the season and are ready to call time on Potter's spell at the club.
SportsBoom sources understand Nuno is the number one target, but wage demands could be a stumbling block.
Nuno’s stock is high after being given the boot at Nottingham Forest after a breakdown in relationship with owner Evangelos Marinakis. He led the club to a seven-placed finish and secured Europa League football, ending a three-decade exile from European football.
Fan favourite Bilic would love to return to the club he managed between 2015 and 2017.
The Croat took the Hammers to seventh in his first season and broke club records for the Premier League era including most points (62), most goals (65), least number of defeats (eight), least amount of away defeats (five) and finished with a positive goal difference (+13) for the first time in their history.
Survival specialist Dyche has been out of work since January and is eager for a return.
Leash is Tightening
West Ham have endured a sorry start to the new Premier League season, winning just one of their first five matches and conceding 13 goals in that time.
And calls for Potter to be sacked are only growing among the fanbase.
Former Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea boss Potter replaced Julen Lopetegui in January on a two-and-a-half-year deal which would have taken up to the end of next season.
Potter was afforded time to get his feet under the table in East London due to the fact he inherited a poor squad from his predecessor.
But it is deemed there are now no excuses after having a summer transfer window where the club spent around £125million to bring in Mateus Fernandez, Jean-Clair Torino, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Mads Hermansen and Soungoutou Magassa.
Kyle Walker-Peters and Callum Wilson both joined the club on free transfers, whilst Igor Julio came in on loan from Brighton.
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