David Moyes is the uninspired choice in line to replace the sacked Slaven Bilic as West Ham United manager.
West Ham United have sacked Slaven Bilic as manager with the club 18th in the Premier League table.
The Scotsman has failed in recent stints at Manchester United, Real Sociedad and Sunderland, so here are three more ambitious appointments the Hammers could consider.
Roberto Mancini
The Italian has an outstanding CV, winning three Serie A titles and, of course, the Premier League trophy with Manchester City in 2011-12. He boasts the perfect combination of English experience and continental glamour.
West Ham’s players showed a distinct lack of effort in Saturday’s 4-1 defeat to Liverpool and the disciplinarian that is Mancini, who is currently in charge of Russian outfit Zenit Saint Petersburg, would quickly change that mentality.
Brendan Rodgers
The former Liverpool manager is breaking records at Celtic, with Saturday’s 4-0 win away to St Johnstone extending their unbeaten domestic run to 62 matches, surpassing the total set by Willie Maley’s 1917 Celtic team.
Rodgers would surely love another crack at the Premier League, where he came so close to winning the title for the Reds, and would set ambitions much higher than the mere stability that Moyes is likely to settle for.
David Wagner
The Huddersfield Town boss has earned himself a reputation as one of the brightest young managers in Europe after leading the Terriers to an unlikely promotion, and making an impressive start to their life in the top flight.
West Ham are crying out for a manager who can unite the board, fans and players behind a common goal and Wagner’s relationship with the Huddersfield faithful suggests that he would be perfect for such a task.
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