West Ham manager Graham Potter says his side are “hurting” after a poor start to the season but believes they are not far from getting back “on a good path”.

The Hammers lost their opening two Premier League games against Sunderland and Chelsea before getting knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Wolves this week.

The results have piled pressure on Potter but the former Brighton and Chelsea manager said the club are not far away from a result that will get their campaign back on track.

“I’m an experienced manager, I try my best and it’s my job to help the players,” said Potter, before their trip to face Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

“We’re all hurting, because the pre-season was encouraging. We lost at Sunderland and against Chelsea, and we’re not shying away from the fact that things haven’t been good.

“At the same time, I don’t think we’re far from a performance and a result that gets things on a good path.”

West Ham signed Portuguese midfielder Mateus Fernandes from Southampton in a deal worth more than £40m on Friday.

And Potter said the 21-year-old will add a “different dimension” to his squad while also hinting at more signings before the transfer window closes on Monday.

“We’ll always look until the end of the window,” the 50-year-old said.

“You never know what’s going to happen. I think it’ll be one of those windows that’s going to be a lot of activity late.

“We need to make sure we’re aware and aligned to make the right calls. You’ve always got to look to improve and at the same time improve the players that we have.”