Graham Potter happy with 'significant' West Ham boost on transfer deadline day

Graham Potter hailed West Ham’s deadline-day concern aft his side’s 2-1 decision to Chelsea astatine Stamford Bridge.

West Ham had been successful the hunt for the striker during the wintertime model aft the semipermanent injuries sustained by Michail Antonio, Niclas Fullkrug and Jarrod Bowen. The England guardant did instrumentality pursuing his ft wounded successful Monday night’s 2-1 decision astatine Stamford Bridge, though, and had enactment the Hammers into the lead.

“I’m happy,” Potter said. “The players that we’ve got retired astatine the infinitesimal are important for us. When we get them backmost — which we will, hopefully, soon — that makes a quality to us.

“To get the 2 characters that we did, Evan and James, I deliberation they volition assistance the squad amended grooming each day.”

Asked whether cutting Ward-Prowse’s Forest indebtedness abbreviated was ever portion of the plan, Potter said: “It was thing we were alert of. It’s ever a spot meandering successful the window. But arsenic a nonrecreational and arsenic a antheral of experience, helium is top. We are looking guardant to moving with him.”

Potter was asked whether Ferguson, who has lacked minutes for the Seagulls this term, is successful bully capable signifier to play regularly successful the coming weeks.

“We person to measure that,” helium said. “I deliberation he’s had a fewer weeks disconnected and past played 20 minutes oregon truthful astatine the weekend. We’ve got immoderate clip present until the adjacent game, truthful we’ll assistance him successful training.

“That’s our situation now: to marque definite that he’s fit, that he’s helpful, and that he’s enjoying his football, due to the fact that he’s a talent.”