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Spandex Sidney
9:15 Tue Feb 17
Re: So Bilic or Moyes it is then?
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West Ham target David Moyes and Slaven Bilic to replace Sam Allardyce
Co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold will check on duo's availability with current manager under fire and out of contract in the summer
West Ham target David Moyes and Slaven Bilic to replace Sam Allardyce
By Matt Law4:18PM GMT 17 Feb 2015
West Ham United will make checks on the availability of David Moyes and Slaven Bilic as the club line up possible replacements for manager Sam Allardyce.
But West Ham co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold face a battle to convince Moyes to leave Real Sociedad after just six months, with the former Manchester United manager enjoying life in Spain and already planning for next season.
Allardyce’s contract is due to expire at the end of the season and Sullivan has publicly insisted that any negotiations over a new deal will not happen before the summer.
Some West Ham sources rate Allardyce’s chances of being handed a new contract as low as five per cent, despite the fact the club are eighth in the Premier League table, eight points behind fourth-placed Southampton.
Allardyce is understood to have met with Gold at West Ham’s Chadwell Heath training ground on Tuesday and there is tension over the club’s bid to sign free agent Nene.
The club's owners have instigated the move for the Brazilian forward, just as they won a tug of war with Allardyce to sign Diafra Sakho, who is West Ham’s top scorer this season and has been a huge success. Questions have also been raised over why Mauro Zarate was allowed to leave on loan to Queens Park Rangers in January in the light on Andy Carroll’s latest season-ending injury.
Sullivan’s son Jack posted a message on Twitter denying suggestions that Allardyce had been sacked.
What is clear is that Sullivan and Gold have started a process of carefully assessing their options ahead of deciding whether or not to let Allardyce go, with Moyes and Bilic the men of particular interest to the West Ham chiefs.
Moyes has been viewed as the perfect profile of manager to take over from Allardyce by Upton Park insiders since Scotsman was sacked by Manchester United last April.
The 51-year-old is still greatly admired for the fine work he did during 11 years at Everton, during which time the Merseyside club qualified for the Champions League and regularly challenged for a top-four place.
Sullivan and Gold believe West Ham will be capable of similar achievements once the club make their highly-anticipated move into the Olympic Stadium.
Moyes was appointed Real Sociedad manager in November and signed an 18-month contract with the Spanish club, who are 12th in La Liga. His reported wages of £1.5m-a-year are significantly less than the £3m-a-year Allardyce currently earns at West Ham.
Associates of Moyes, however, insist he is extremely happy with his work and life in Spain, and is currently making transfer plans for the summer with Burnley striker Danny Ings a target.
Sociedad have already promised Moyes he will have money to spend and it will take a big effort from Sullivan and Gold to convince him to leave Spain so quickly.
Target: David Moyes is wanted by West Ham but is happy in Spain
Bilic may be easier to tempt to Upton Park than Moyes, despite the fact the former Croatia international is currently preparing for a Europa League tie against Liverpool with Besiktas, who are top of the Turkish Super League.
Ex-defender Bilic spent 18 months at Upton Park as a West Ham player after being signed by Harry Redknapp in January 1996 and still holds a strong affection for the club.
Despite the fact Bilic has managed Croatia and now Besiktas, Sullivan and Gold will be wary of the fact the 46-year-old has no experience of managing in the Premier League. Knocking Liverpool out of the Europa League would certainly enhance his prospects.
Bilic himself has made it clear he would like to return to England as a manager, saying: “Managing in the Premier League is a question I get asked, not only about England - but mostly - and whatever you say, it sounds not fair to someone. I really like it here at Besiktas, I like this job, it's a massive club.
“I’m enjoying it big time. But, of course, I would say that, one day, I would be interested in England, of course I would.
“I’ve been there, I’ve played there, l liked it there - wherever I go there. Okay, I'm not a huge star, but I feel people like me there and I spent my best years - and not only in football - there.
“It's also the Premier League. If we have dinner, and there are big screens to watch, and there is no Turkish game, then we watch Premier League. That is the league that is most followed.”
Allardyce’s future was put firmly back on the agenda at the weekend after West Ham fans called on Sullivan to sack him following the club’s 4-0 FA Cup defeat to West Bromwich Albion.
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HMP
10:41 Tue Feb 17
Re: So Bilic or Moyes it is then?
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Sven Roeder 10:23 Tue Feb 17
It is indeed time for BFS to move on.
He is no longer a good 'fit' for West Ham as a football club, no longer a good 'fit' for the owners, and has not been a good 'fit' for the fans for a very long period of time.
He has no respect for West Ham's tradition - he has no respect for West Ham fans and NEVER has done.
It's time for him to move on.
Bilic or Moyes - not sure about either but I would choose Moyes for the his e Premiership experince with Everton. He would need to be a little bit more positive if he comes to West Ham..
Fat Sam's 3M wage and his INSISTENCE on a FULL CONTARCT PAYOUT when Sully wanted him out at the start of this season tells you all you need to know about Fat Sam.
All he is interested in is himslef and the money.
Very sophisticated though.
Not.
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