West Ham have reportedly sacked Julen Lopetegui ahead of their FA Cup third round clash against Aston Villa on Friday.

The Hammers also play at Villa Park in the Premier League on Sunday, January 26. The news comes after West Ham's 4-1 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday. TalkSPORT claim Graham Potter has been lined up as Lopetegui's replacement.

Defeat at the Etihad Stadium was West Ham's ninth of the campaign and left them sitting in 14th place, level on points with Manchester United. They lost on the opening weekend of the season at home to Villa when Jhon Duran scored the winning goal in the second half.

READ MORE: Chris Davies reveals honest conversation with Luke Harris after Birmingham City bounceback

READ MORE: Sean Dyche update emerges ahead of Aston Villa after Everton talks

READ | Douglas Luiz transfer stance emerges as two clubs make move to sign former Aston Villa star

READ | Managing Aston Villa - Donyell Malen signs as £35m transfers unlocked and several leave

Meanwhile, Sky Sports claim Everton are assessing Sean Dyche's position at the club ahead of their next Premier League game, against Villa.

The Friedkin Group bought former Everton owner Farhad Moshiri out just before Christmas. They have won just one of their last 11 Premier League games and in that time they've scored just six goals - four of them came in their only win in that time, over Wolves, and two of those were own goals by Wolves defender Craig Dawson. The Toffees were beaten 1-0 at Bournemouth on Saturday.