Julen Lopetegui appointed as new West Ham manager

Julen Lopetegui has been appointed as the new head coach of West Ham United. Lopetegui takes over from David Moyes, who left his role at the London Stadium by mutual consent after his contract expired at the end of the Premier League season.

The 57-year-old Lopetegui will work closely with technical director Tim Steidten, who will now have more control over recruitment. This marks a shift from when Moyes was reappointed in 2019 with significant influence over transfers. With Steidten’s appointment last summer, West Ham is moving towards a more European-based model.

“I feel that we have a fantastic platform,” Lopetegui said. “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.”

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Julen Lopetegui as the Club’s new men’s Head Coach.

The former Spain, Porto, Real Madrid and Sevilla coach will officially begin work on July 1 🗓️

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“I am where I want to be. I am here because I want to be here and for us it was a fantastic day when we closed our agreement here because our commitment is 100 percent to be here.”

“We had other opportunities but I am very happy that West Ham chose me because I chose West Ham too, so we are really happy about this.”

“We came here with the idea and the thought to make a big, big noise. That’s why we came here, and we are excited by this challenge. Of course, we are going to do our best to help the club and the team achieve the best level and to achieve our aims. I assure the fans that they are going to be key in all our achievements.”