After securing their Premier League future with two games to spare, West Ham have gone on to end their 43-year wait for a trophy by beating Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League. As a result, it has been decided that David Moyes will stay on as manager of the club. This news comes after speculation throughout the season that Moyes’ future was uncertain.
Moyes is eager to build on this success and is determined to make further progress with the club. He said during West Ham’s open-top bus parade in London on Friday, “I hope we can continue to make progress. I think we have done over the last two or three years and last night was progress because we won a trophy. It was massive for us to win a trophy. It’s very hard to compete at the top end every season but all you can do is try your best every season and that’s what we do – and next season that’s what we’ll do.”
Unfortunately, Moyes will have to cope without skipper Declan Rice, who is set to leave the club this summer. Despite this, West Ham are looking forward to European football for the third successive season for the first time in their history.