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Chris Smith

Sat 23 August 2025 10:30, UK

West Ham United have been urged to take drastic action at the end of the transfer window in order to avoid a relegation battle this season.

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The Hammers have made a dreadful start to the 2025/26 Premier League season, with a 3-0 opening defeat to Sunderland followed up by a 5-1 thrashing at home to Chelsea on Friday.

West Ham have looked toothless going forward and shambolic at the back, and things don’t look like getting easier with fixtures against the likes of Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur on the horizon.

Former Spurs and Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp believes he knows what Graham Potter needs in order to steer West Ham away from the relegation battle and save his job.

West Ham have been one of the quieter teams in the market so far.

Aside from the permanent signing of Jean-Clair Todibo — who spent last season on loan at the London Stadium — El Hadji Malick Diouf and Mads Hermansen are the only players the club have spent a fee on this summer.

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The latter has already flattered to deceive between the posts, while West Ham’s only other signings — Kyle Walker-Peters and Callum Wilson — have been free transfers.

But according to Redknapp, Potter needs a lot more help if he’s to help the Londoners avoid a relegation battle, urging West Ham to make up to six signings.

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“You’ve got to make tackles, you’ve got to make challenges, you’ve got to get after people,” Redknapp told Sky Sports of West Ham’s showing in Friday’s London derby.

“It was miles too easy for Chelsea.

“That’s eight goals in two games they’ve conceded.

“I look at that squad – I know we’re only two games in – that’s a squad that’s going to be in a relegation fight.

They haven’t got the quality.”

Graham Potter is under pressure (Credit: Hasan Karim, Breaking Media)

Football Insider verdict

As reported by Football Insider, Potter is safe in his job for now.

However, questions are being asked about his long-term West Ham future, with his record now standing at 11 defeats and just five wins from 21 matches in charge so far.

Getafe’s Christantus Uche appears to be one major target, while West Ham have also been linked with Werder Bremen’s Romano Schmid and Andy Diouf of Lens as possible Mateus Fernandes alternatives.

Potter will be hoping the club can get those deals over the line as soon as possible, alongside a few others, to bolster a side lacking in all areas of the pitch.

West Ham are 8-1 down on aggregate at the start of this season, following on from a 2024/25 campaign in which they were the Premier League’s sixth-lowest scorers and sixth-worst defensive outfit.
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