There will be no more bubbles blown for Julen Lopetegui at West Ham, who fired the Spanish coach on Wednesday and announced Graham Potter as his replacement. Potter has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract and was unveiled as the club’s new manager at a press conference on Thursday.

Julen Lopetegui has been fired by West Ham after less than a year in the job and with the Premier League club in danger of being dragged into a relegation fight.

A £25m fee paid for youngster Luis Guilherme, the fruit of several trips made by Steidten to Brazil, may pay off in the long-term but certainly did not help Lopetegui’s cause, the 18-year-old playing just 38 minutes by the time his manager was sacked.