West Ham already eyeing new keeper with summer signing Mads Hermansen leaking goals

West Ham have revived a move for Botafogo goalkeeper John Victor, talkSPORT understands. The Hammers are working on a loan deal with a buy option at the end of the season. Victor has become a target for West Ham once againGetty Potter drove the move for Hermansen, but it’s not worked out thus farAFP Victor was set to join the Hammers for around £10million earlier this month before they signed Mads Hermansen from Leicester City. The move was driven by head coach Graham Potter, who talkSPORT understands is safe in his job for now. Hermansen has conceded eight goals in their opening two Premier League fixtures of the season. Sunderland scored three times on the opening weekend, before Chelsea put five past the Hammers on Friday night. Hermansen didn’t feature in West Ham’s 3-2 Carabao Cup second round defeat to Wolves on Tuesday night. Alphonse Areola was given the nod by Potter but had a moment to forget when Rodrigo Gomes’ tame strike squeezed under him. Tomas Soucek, who is being eyed by Everton, levelled for West Ham on 50 minutes before Tottenham target Lucas Paqueta made it 2-1. However, two goals in three minutes from Jorgen Strand Larsen have sent Wolves into the third round. West Ham worries Despite finishing 18 points clear of the relegation zone last season, West Ham raised eyebrows with a final standing of 14th. Potter joined as head coach in January but has won just six of his 22 matches in charge. Hermansen is under pressure after playing just two games for West HamGetty A trip to Sunderland in their Premier League openers for the 2025/26 campaign spelled an excellent opportunity for a winning start. But a dismal second half performance against the newly-promoted side meant they left the Stadium of Light with nothing. Club World Cup champions Chelsea were next to face West Ham, and did so without Cole Palmer due to his pre-match warm-up injury. This did little to stop the Blues thought as they led 3-1 at half-time in a dominant performance in east London. Many West Ham fans were up and out of their seats when Moises Caicedo scored Chelsea’s fourth early on in the second half. The Hammers travel to Nottingham Forest for their next fixture on Sunday afternoon.

Musventurenal

0 2

West Ham have revived a move for Botafogo goalkeeper John Victor, talkSPORT understands.

The Hammers are working on a loan deal with a buy option at the end of the season.

Victor was set to join the Hammers for around £10million earlier this month before they signed Mads Hermansen from Leicester City.

The move was driven by head coach Graham Potter, who talkSPORT understands is safe in his job for now.

Hermansen has conceded eight goals in their opening two Premier League fixtures of the season.

Sunderland scored three times on the opening weekend, before Chelsea put five past the Hammers on Friday night.

Hermansen didn’t feature in West Ham’s 3-2 Carabao Cup second round defeat to Wolves on Tuesday night.

Alphonse Areola was given the nod by Potter but had a moment to forget when Rodrigo Gomes’ tame strike squeezed under him.

Tomas Soucek, who is being eyed by Everton, levelled for West Ham on 50 minutes before Tottenham target Lucas Paqueta made it 2-1.

However, two goals in three minutes from Jorgen Strand Larsen have sent Wolves into the third round.

Despite finishing 18 points clear of the relegation zone last season, West Ham raised eyebrows with a final standing of 14th.

Potter joined as head coach in January but has won just six of his 22 matches in charge.

A trip to Sunderland in their Premier League openers for the 2025/26 campaign spelled an excellent opportunity for a winning start.

But a dismal second half performance against the newly-promoted side meant they left the Stadium of Light with nothing.

Club World Cup champions Chelsea were next to face West Ham, and did so without Cole Palmer due to his pre-match warm-up injury.

This did little to stop the Blues thought as they led 3-1 at half-time in a dominant performance in east London.

Many West Ham fans were up and out of their seats when Moises Caicedo scored Chelsea’s fourth early on in the second half.

The Hammers travel to Nottingham Forest for their next fixture on Sunday afternoon.