A Sky Sports News presenter has just shared some seriously exciting potential new manager news for the West Ham fans with the future of David Moyes hanging in the balance.
The West Ham United owners are thought to be lining up a replacement for David Moyes ahead of the summer, with Fulham’s Marco Silva the latest name to be linked with the London Stadium hot seat.
From the outside looking in, Moyes is doing a good job in charge of the Hammers. We’re currently sitting in seventh spot in the Premier League table and have a Europa League quarter-final clash with Bayer Leverkusen to look forward to next month.
Nobody can argue against the fact that the 60-year-old Scot has taken us to a new level since he returned to the club for the second time in December 2019.
Moyes guided us to our first major trophy since 1980 last season, and we are currently enjoying our third consecutive campaign in Europe.
However, I firmly believe that he has reached his ceiling at West Ham, and can no longer take us on to another level yet again.
If the owners have any real ambition to turn us into a Champions League side, they will need to make a really exciting managerial appointment, and it seems as though David Sullivan and co could be planning exactly that…
Exciting big name David Moyes replacement claim:
The experienced Scot has kept us ticking over this season, but the style of football that he deploys on a consistent basis really is very painful to watch at times.
The West Ham fans who pay their money week in, week out to watch us in action have every right to criticise Moyes.
It’s fair to be critical of the Scot and to want a managerial change, whilst still appreciating what he’s done for us as a club over the past four years. The two things are not mutually exclusive.
And now it seems like the West Ham owner’s could well be thinking along the same sort of lines…
Sky Sports News reporter Michael Bridge told Give Me Sport that the Hammers board could go big this summer:
“You’re always going to have fans who just aren’t having him. I’ve got a couple of West Ham fans that I know that aren’t having him. I’ve always given it the, how can you not like this? But then they’re the ones paying the money, I’m not paying the money. If it was to be the end of David Moyes, a couple of people I know at West Ham kind of give me the impression that it’s not going to be another good young English coach. They’d probably target a very big name, because I think there are going to be some big names available. And people say, well, would they go to West Ham? Well, let’s wait and see. I think West Ham would look big if Moyes was to move on.”
Now, if West Ham owners do find a replacement for David Moyes, they had better be sure that he’s the right man for the job.
I would love someone like Arne Slot or Ruben Amorim but judging by Bridge’s claim it seems as though Sullivan could be eyeing up a Jose Mourinho type figure instead.
Whilst some might not want the Portuguese former Chelsea boss, there is no doubt that he’s absolutely box office, and would at least bring a little bit of excitement into the club.
At the end of the day, if the Hammers finish the season strong by reaching the semi-finals of the Europa League and finishing inside the top seven of the Premier League table, Moyes probably won’t be going anywhere.
So it’s all clearly still very much up in the air. The only way the West Ham owners bring in a replacement for David Moyes is if we endure a poor run of form between now and the end of the campaign. An exit from Europe at the hands of Leverkusen and a 10th place finish in the Premier League would probably see Moyes depart. Quite who would replace him remains a mystery though.