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West Ham and Wolves both want former Chelsea boss as next manager

Gary O’Neil and Julen Lopetegui are under serious pressure (Pictures: Getty)

West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers are both strongly considering making a change in the dugout and both want former Chelsea manager Graham Potter.

It has been a bad start to the season for the Hammers and Wolves and this round of midweek fixtures has not helped them.

West Ham were beaten 3-1 by Leicester City on Tuesday night and Wolves were thrashed 4-0 by fellow strugglers Everton on Wednesday evening.

The results left Lopetegui’s side 14th in the table and O’Neil’s all the way down in 19th and both managers under serious pressure.

While neither club has decided to swing the axe just yet, talkSPORT reports that both have ‘sounded out’ Potter over his interest in joining them.

The report states that it would be the east London club that is a much more appealing option to Potter than the Molineux side.

The two clubs meet at the London Stadium on Monday night and Potter will be looming large over the fixture.

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Graham Potter has been linked with a string of jobs since leaving Chelsea (Picture: Getty Images)

Telling Sky Sports in September of his interest in a return to work, Potter said: ‘It still has to be the right thing, but I’m excited for it. I’m excited to hear what the opportunities are and I’ll take each one and judge it on its merits.’

Sky Sports report that the Hammers are not ready to pull the trigger just yet and Lopetegui will be in charge on Monday.

O’Neil addressed being under pressure after the heavy defeat to the Toffees, saying he is cracking on with work as normal.

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Wolves have won just two matches so far this season (Picture: Getty Images)

‘I am not concerned about my future, only the club’s future,’ O’Neil said on Thursday. ‘I came into work, the same as every other day, I was the first one here this morning and the last one here last night making sure that everything’s ticked off from last night’s game, making sure everything’s ready for Monday’s game and making sure that we’re in a spot where we can push the players again.

‘I don’t think about me personally, I think about the team and where we are in the league, and the last two results let us down from the momentum that we created.

‘But there always comes the next challenge, which comes very quickly at West Ham on Monday.’

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