Ex-Wolves coach Lopetegui signs deal with West Ham

Manager Julen Lopetegui, who has been out of a job since August when he left Wolves, signed a deal with West Ham. Lopetegui is joining West Ham on a two-year contract, with an option for an additional year. The deal was contingent on David Moyes leaving the club ahead of the summer transfer window.

After differing opinions between Lopetegui and the Wolves organization and Wolves’ financial situation, Lopetegui left days before the team’s 2023/24 Premier League opener. Sources linked the Spaniard to teams like Bayern and Nottingham Forest, but he favored West Ham over the bunch.

“I feel that we have a fantastic platform,” Lopetegui told West Ham TV. “I think the last few years have been very good years to have this base, of course, but my ambition as a coach is always to be better and better, to achieve more and bigger aims, and to encourage and improve the players, the team, and to compete because football is about this – to compete. We are very ambitious about this.”

He succeeds Moyes, who left the Londoners after a poor run of results. West Ham finished ninth in the table.

Simply put, West Ham hiring Lopetegui is a good move. The team has an incredible amount of talent in their ranks, and they figure to add more with Lopetegui’s arrival. Lopetegui could bring his former player Youssef En-Nesyri to the club with the aging Michail Antonio nearing the end of his contract. Sevilla left-back Marcos Acuña could provide healthy competition to star player Emerson.

West Ham is on an upward curve with Lopetegui

Lopetegui inherits a great attacking group in Lucas Paqueta, Mohamed Kudus, Jarrod Bowen and more. All of them had at least ten goal contributions and they can continue developing as players. They ranked inside the top eight in goals scored this season, largely thanks to the acute finishing of Bowen who scored 16 goals. Although Antonio is still a decent striker, it’s hard to see him playing a significant role for West Ham,…

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Author : Deolu Akingbade

Publish date : 2024-05-23 14:39:55

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