He was a really good manager. I still really like him," Van de Ven told The Overlap podcast. "I don't know how everything went backstage. I didn't expect it. It was strange how everything went after - he's the manager that won silverware for Tottenham. Afterwards, when he got sacked, I sent a message to my dad and my friends and said, 'I never expected this'.
West Ham United can confirm that head coach Graham Potter has left the club. Results and performances over the course of the second half of last season and the start of the 2025-26 season have not matched expectations, and the board believe that a change is necessary in order to help improve the team's position in the Premier League as soon as possible.