Nuno knows he's in for a tough start as he tries to lift Hammers

NUNO Espirito Santo knows he needs to hit the ground running when he takes charge of West Ham for the first time at Everton tonight.

- By ANDY SIMS

The 51-year-old was confirmed as the Hammers' new head coach on Saturday, just four hours after Graham Potter was sacked, and took training later that afternoon.

Nuno (pictured), who was axed by Nottingham Forest less than three weeks ago, inherits a side lying 19th in the Premier League having lost four of their five matches and been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Wolves.

"I'm trying to, as soon as possible, know all the players," he told West Ham TV.

"I think I know them better than they know me, because it's like that. We are coaches and we try to take all the info that we can about the players.

"Many of them, we faced each other before and now it's preparing for the game, a tough game against Everton."