The new head coach has a tough run of games in the capital to start his tenure and both he, and his team, have struggled in these fixtures

West Ham have set a foundation after riding luck to beat Fulham - Goals from Carlos Soler, Tomas Soucek and Lucas Paqueta made it a winning start in the Premier League for new boss Potter.

This was a West Ham performance “of high effort”, Potter added. Accomplished performances more closely following the Potter playbook will no doubt come in time, but success in his first home game in charge was always going to be chiefly measured by the scoreline.

West Ham United are eyeing Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz to bolster Graham Potter’s frontline in January, ExWHUEmployee has claimed. The Hammers are said to be long-term admirers of the Brazilian forward,