Potts continuing West Ham family link

Steve Potts is one of West Ham's famous old boys, making over 500 appearances for the club during a 17-year stint at Upton Park from 1985.

West Ham have changed grounds since then but the Potts link to the Hammers remains.

Steve is now part of the club's under-21 coaching set-up and his son Freddie looks as though he might be about to break into the first team picture under manager Graham Potter.

The 21-year-old played in all three games at the Premier League Summer Series in the United States, starting against Everton in Chicago on Wednesday and again in the victory over Bournemouth in Atlanta on Sunday.

Potts was eventually replaced by Guido Rodriguez with 20 minutes remaining and with only one more pre-season match - against French club Lille on Saturday - before the opening-day Premier League trip to newly-promoted Sunderland, there must be a decent chance of the midfielder being selected.

His only two previous first-team appearances came as a second-half substitute in the Uefa Conference League and since then he has had successful loan spells with Wycombe and Portsmouth.