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Slaven Bilic sacked as West Ham manager

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6 years ago

November 6, 2017

Slaven Bilic has been sacked as West Ham manager with the team in the Premier League relegation zone after losing 4-1 at home to Liverpool on Saturday.

The club, in a statement released on its website on Monday, “confirm that Slaven Bilic has today left his position with the Club.”

It added: “The Club’s search for a new manager to take West Ham United forward is underway and an announcement regarding Bilic’s successor is expected to be made over the coming days.”

The 49-year-old former Croatia defender was appointed in the summer of 2015, and he guided West Ham to seventh place in his first season in charge and to eleventh finish last season..

The Hammers have won just two Premier League matches this season and lost their first three league matches of the campaign.

Speaking to reporters as he left West Ham’s training ground today, Bilic said: “I expected it. There are no hard feelings.

“I can be very proud of my work here.

“We didn’t start this crucial season well. As in many clubs across Europe, the manager is the one who pays the price.

“It’s a very logical move. The fans were brilliant to me from the start until the end.”

But speculations in some quarters claim that David Moyes is favourite to take over at West Ham.

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