David Moyes will leave West Ham United at the end of the season, where his expiring contract will not be extended. The traditional London club, whose pillars include the Czech national team Tomáš Souček and Vladimír Coufal, will soon present a successor, who should be Julen Lopetegui.
Moyes was in charge of West Ham for the first time for seven months in 2017/18, when he helped the team to Premier League survival. But then he was replaced by Manuel Pellegrini. The former coach of Everton and Manchester United returned to the bench of the “Hammers” after the departure of the Chilean coach in December 2019.
In January 2020, Moyes initially brought midfielder Souček on loan from Slavia, who joined the team’s support team, and in July his transfer turned into a transfer. In October, the native of Glasgow bought another Slavist footballer, the full-back Coufal.
Moyes led West Ham to victory in the Europa Conference League last year. In the final in Prague’s Eden, his team defeated Fiorentina and won the club’s first major trophy in 43 years.
This season is not going well for the club, whose co-owner is the Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský. They were recently knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Europa League with Leverkusen, and West Ham are ninth in the English league.
Sixty-one-year-old Moyes has coached 695 games in the Premier League so far and is third on the all-time charts behind Arsene Wenger (828) and Alex Ferguson (810).
“I’ve had a great four-and-a-half years at West Ham and the club is better than when I came back in 2019. When I started here for the second time, it was a place above the relegation zone and then to reach the European Cups three times was fantastic . Thanks to all the players for the support and the successes we have achieved.” stated Moyes. However, his team won only one of the last ten competitive matches.
Table
1
Arsenal F.C
36
26
5
5
88 : 28
83
2
Manchester City
35
25
7
3
87 : 33
82
3
Liverpool FC
36
23
9
4
81 : 38
78
4
Aston Villa
36
20
7
9
73 : 53
67
5
Tottenham Hotspur
35
18
6
11
69 : 58
60
6
Newcastle United
35
17
5
13
78 : 56
56
7
Chelsea F.C
35
15
9
11
70 : 59
54
8
Manchester United
34
16
6
12
52 : 51
54
9
West Ham United
36
13
10
13
56 : 70
49
10
AFC Bournemouth
36
13
9
14
52 : 63
48
11
Brighton & Hove Albion
35
12
11
12
53 : 57
47
12
Wolverhampton Wanderers
36
13
7
16
49 : 60
46
13
Fulham F.C
36
12
8
16
51 : 55
44
14
Crystal Palace
35
10
10
15
45 : 57
40
15
Everton F.C
36
12
9
15
38 : 49
37
16
Brentford FC
36
9
9
18
52 : 60
36
17
Nottingham Forest
36
8
9
19
45 : 63
29
18
Luton Town
36
6
8
22
49 : 78
26
19
Burnley F.C
36
5
9
22
39 : 74
24
20
Sheffield United
36
3
7
26
35 : 100
16
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