(Reuters) -West Ham United have sacked manager Graham Potter, the Premier League club said on Saturday, following a 2-1 defeat by Crystal Palace that left them languishing in 19th place with three points from five matches.

"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 of Directors believe that a change is necessary in order to help improve the team’s position in the Premier League as soon as possible," West Ham said in a statement.

(Reporting by Aadi Nair and Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru and Martyn Herman in London, editing by Ed Osmond)