West Ham: Graham Potter addresses Tim Steidten 'decision' after Kyle Macaulay reunion

Steidten primitively joined West Ham successful the summertime of 2023 and his resumé featured palmy stints successful subordinate recruitment roles with Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen.

While Steidten did assistance to bring the likes of Mohammed Kudus done the door, astir of the recruits the Hammers made connected his ticker person not yet proven shrewd signings, including Konstantinos Mavropanos, Guido Rodriguez and the injured Niclas Fullkrug.

Midway done the January transportation window, Potter convinced West Ham to wage the sizeable compensation interest needed to relieve Kyle Macaulay of his relation astatine Chelsea successful bid to prosecute him arsenic the Hammers’ caller caput of recruitment.

Macaulay had antecedently worked with Potter astatine Ostersunds, Swansea City, Brighton and Chelsea, wherever helium had stayed connected adjacent aft Potter’s April 2023 sacking.

Potter was asked connected Thursday whether helium had ever wanted Macaulay’s accomplishment astatine West Ham to bring an extremity to Steidten’s ain clip astatine the club.

“No, no. My reasoning was ever [having] 2 people,” Potter explained.

“That was a possibility, of course. But it wasn’t to be. That’s the determination the nine person made, and present I volition enactment with the remainder of the unit present astatine the club.

“I’m blessed with however Kyle has settled successful and however we’re cooperating arsenic a section and interacting with everybody that is here.”

West Ham person 1 triumph and a gully from Potter’s archetypal 5 matches successful charge. They are preparing to invited trio Lucas Paqueta, Edson Alvarez and Jean-Clair Todibo backmost from wounded erstwhile they big Brentford connected Saturday, with indebtedness signing Evan Ferguson successful enactment to marque his debut.