West Ham fired manager Graham Potter and hired Nuno Espirito Santo as his replacement on Saturday, just five games into the new Premier League season and two days before the struggling London team's next match at Everton.

Potter paid the price for West Ham slumping to next-to-last place after losing four of its league games so far. The team is already out of the English League Cup, too.

Nuno left Nottingham Forest on Sept. 9 after a deterioration in his working relationship with the club’s hierarchy but has secured a rapid return for his fourth stint in England's top division, having previously coached Wolverhampton and Tottenham.

“My objective is to work hard to get the very best from the team and ensure that we are as competitive as we possibly can be," Nuno said. "The work has alre

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