Moyes departs West Ham despite keeping them up
Everton sack Allardyce as manager
LONDON, May 16, (RTRS): West Ham United have parted company with manager David Moyes, who successfully kept the club in the Premier League after replacing Slaven Bilic on a short-term deal in November.
A statement on West Ham’s website confirming Moyes’ departure said the club wanted to take a “different direction”. Moyes took charge with West Ham in 18th place after a dismal start to the season in which they won two of their first 11 league games.
Former Everton and Manchester only regarded as a short-term fix.
The club said they would seek to recruit a “high-calibre” manager within the next 10 days.
In this file photo taken on May 13, West Ham United’s Scottish manager David Moyes waves to supporters on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Everton at The London Stadium, in east London. David Moyes has left West Ham following the end of his short-term contract, the Premier League club announced on May
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Former Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini is one of the names in the frame for the job.
Everton sacked manager Sam Allardyce on Wednesday after a sixmonth reign that saw the former England national team boss steer the Merseyside club to eighth place in the Premier League.
Allardyce, who replaced sacked Dutch manager Ronald Koeman in November with the club 13th and five points above the relegation zone, still had a year to run on his contract.
“On behalf of the Chairman, Board of Directors and Mr (Farhad) Moshiri, I’d like to thank Sam for the job he has done at Everton over the last seven months,” Everton’s newlyannounced CEO Denise BarrettBaxendale said on the club’s website.
“Sam was brought in at a challenging time last season to provide us with some stability and we are grateful to him for doing that. However, we have made the decision that, as part of our longer-term plan, we will be appointing a new manager this summer and will be commencing this process immediately.”
Despite a doing a solid job, the 63-year-old Allardyce had fallen out with a large majority of Everton’s fans who were not impressed with his management style.
Allardyce, who was briefly England manager in 2016 before returning to club management at Crystal Palace last season, had already reacted angrily to the structural changes at the club prior to his meeting with majority owner Iranian-born British tycoon Farhad Moshiri.
Southampton are eager for manager Mark Hughes to sign a new contract at St Mary’s after helping the club escape Premier League relegation in the closing stages of the season, chairman Ralph Krueger has said.
Former Stoke City boss Hughes signed a short-term deal at Southampton in March and helped the Saints retain their top-flight status despite ending the season with a 1-0 defeat by champions Manchester City last weekend. “We began conversations after the Swansea game and they continue this week and they are good conversations,” Krueger told Sky Sports.
“He came in with his group and they just fit like a glove. They embraced the Southampton culture and our values and they felt aligned immediately and they were just part of the fabric within 10 days — it was crazy.