David Moyes risks fight for his job if West Ham results do not improve
David Moyes is under pressure to quickly turnaround West Ham United’s poor start to the season and avoid a fight to save his job.
Moyes has done an outstanding job since returning to West Ham for his second spell in charge, leading the club into Europe in two successive seasons.
But this campaign has not started well with West Ham collecting just four points and one victory from their opening seven games, which has left the club in the bottom three of the Premier League table.
There is not currently any sense of panic at West Ham, but Moyes needs to inspire a fast upturn in form and results starting at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.
Wolves are two points better off than West Ham and sources believe that fixture along with the following four League games could be vital to Moyes’ long-term security.
After Wolves, West Ham play Fulham, Southampton, Liverpool and Bournemouth in the League, and Moyes will have difficult questions to answer if his team cannot move up the table.
West Ham were the third highest spenders this summer, which has put pressure on Moyes to, at the very least, maintain another challenge to qualify for Europe.
There has been a sense of frustration that £30 million striker Gianluca Scamacca, who performed well against England for Italy last week, has only started one Premier League game, having scored three times in the Europa Conference League.
West Ham also broke their club record transfer fee to sign Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta for £51 million from Lyon in a move that was designed to help the club move to the next level.
Moyes returned to West Ham with the club just a point above the relegation zone in December 2019, initially on an 18-month contract. Since then he has steered the Hammers away from trouble, qualified for Europe twice and signed a new deal that runs until 2024.
