David Moyes has signed a six-month deal with West Ham United following his appointment as Slaven Bilic’s successor.
In the wake of Slaven Bilic’s departure from West Ham this week, the Hammers hierarchy were quick to try and instil some stability by rapidly appointing David Moyes as his successor.
Sky Sports reports that Moyes has signed a six-month deal at the London Stadium, while The Telegraph reports that there is scope for the deal to be extended by a further two years.
So could the structure of Moyes’ deal have a detrimental impact on the cluster of exciting youngsters hoping to break into the Hammers first-team in the near future?
Moyes knows that he has six months to make an impact if he hopes to stand a chance of having his deal extended further at the end of the campaign.
Given their current position in the Premier League, Moyes may want to avoid taking too many risks and may want to rely on the experienced top flight players to make sure that they do enough to get themselves out of trouble, rather than take a gamble on the likes of Toni Martinez, Nathan Holland and Domingos Quina.
If Moyes was immediately handed a two-and-a-half year deal, he would have the security – or as much as possible in today’s game – to give the young players the chances they deserve because there would be less significance on each result, but he needs to hit the ground running to make the most of the time he has on his contract.
Moyes may have every intention right now of giving Martinez and Holland their chances during the coming months, but surely his need to impress immediately may leave him questioning whether taking the odd gamble is the right decision as he tries to put his case forward for a more permanent contract, and it may be the Hammers’ youngsters who pay the price for the time-being.
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