When David Moyes’ contract at West Ham United ends at the London Stadium, Simon Jordan is perplexed as to why the club would wish to split ways with him.
The Scotsman, who is almost four years into his second stint as manager of the Hammers, will be free to leave East London when his contract expires at the end of the current campaign while West Ham considers whether to extend it.
Jordan, who has been outspoken in his praise of the Hammers manager [Daily Mail, 11 October], finds it incomprehensible why they wouldn’t lock him down to a new contract given how well Moyes’ team has started the season and where they currently sit in the Premier League at seventh place after winning the Europa Conference League last season.
Speaking to White & Jordan on Tuesday (17 October, 11:43) he said: “You look at the three or four seasons that he’s been back he took them out of a nose dive, then he puts them six, then he puts them seventh, then he wins a European competition after being in a European Cup semi-final the previous year.
“They’ve learned their lessons with David in terms of players that they’ve bought, the clubs making money. There’s a lot about West Ham now that you have to look at and say that’s a pretty decent football club now, it’s punching quite hard.
“I think all things lead to the stability and solidity and achievements of West Ham, not on his own but David has been integral to that so why would you want to change that?
“There will be certain sections of the West Ham fanbase that don’t like his style of football and think there’s another manager in the offing, but look at what he’s done in the last three and a half years.”
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West Ham is taking a cautious approach in all of its contract negotiations this year, which is a reasonable course for the Hammers to follow given that they don’t want to lock Moyes into a long-term contract only to see results falter and be stuck with a manager they don’t want.
But given what the former Manchester United coach has accomplished at the London Stadium, he deserves a longer contract and most likely needs to be compensated for his recent success with an extension as soon as possible.
The Hammers might attempt to get a younger, more dynamic manager to maximize the potential of the talented players at their disposal with a more entertaining style of play, but there is little to no assurance that it would be anywhere near as successful.
It would seem reasonable to assume that if West Ham keeps performing well under Moyes in the upcoming weeks and months, it won’t be long until Jordan and the majority of Hammers fans get their wish and the former Everton manager receives a new contract.
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