West Ham United are a club in turmoil at the moment.
The Hammers appointed David Moyes as their new manager this morning, following the sacking of Slaven Bilic last night, and there might be a few awkward moments for the Scot, following Karren Brady’s comments pertaining to him back in April 2017, when writing her regular column for the Sun.
The former Sunderland manager was caught up in hot water during his time in charge at the Stadium of Light, following remarks that he made to a female reporter, where he threatened to slap her, even though he claimed it was said in ‘jest’, which is obviously not a valid excuse.
The Scot’s career in football management really has been on a downward spiral since he left his job as Everton boss back in 2013, and there are not many West Ham fans who are overjoyed with his appointment as their club’s new manager.
Moyes will have to face an awkward situation when he starts his work in east London, following Karren Brady’s comments regarding his controversial remarks back in April, when writing her regular column for the Sun:
“Let’s face it, when is it actually ever funny to joke about hitting someone? Never, right? The threat to give someone a slap, no matter how you look at it, is aggressive. It is not banter. And it is not OK. But he thought he could get away with it. Some people have said this story is “PC gone mad”. But if it’s not OK to be a little bit homophobic or a little bit racist, why is it still OK to be a little bit sexist? The silver lining to this story is that it’s very unlikely Moyes will say something like this again — even if the only reason is that he’d be too scared he’ll lose his job. Hopefully the penny has dropped for him that it’s not OK to patronise, intimidate and threaten women and treat them as if they are imposters in a man’s world. End. Of.”
Click HERE to read West Ham owners’ swipe at Bilic’s lack of organisation
The easiest way for Moyes to silence his critics will be for him to pick up a win on his first match in charge of the Hammers – away at Watford on November 19th.
Taking West Ham’s woeful away record into account this season though, that will be no easy feat.
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