West Ham manager David Moyes has filled out his backroom staff by appointing Alan Irvine and Stuart Pearce as assistants, with Sunderland coach Billy McKinlay set to follow in the coming days. Moyes was confirmed as the Hammers manager last week after Slaven Bilic was sacked, despite significant adverse reaction from the club’s supporters. The West Ham fans were fantastic to me and I’m looking forward to coming back. “I’m delighted to be given this opportunity and am really looking forward to the challenge ahead,” Irvine said. “I obviously know David well from our time together at Preston and Everton, and it was certainly a big attraction to work with him again, as was the thought of coming to a club like West Ham.

Source: The Guardian November 12, 2017 23:15 UTC