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Slaven Bilic has been sacked as West Ham manager with the team in the Premier League relegation zone.<\/p>\n

Bilic’s last game in charge was Saturday’s\u00a04-1 defeat by Liverpool\u00a0at London Stadium.<\/p>\n

A statement from West Ham said the club believed a change was necessary “to move forward positively and in line with their ambition.”<\/p>\n

Former Everton and Manchester United boss David Moyes has been\u00a0strongly linked with succeeding Bilic.<\/p>\n

West Ham say Bilic’s coaching assistants Nikola Jurcevic, Edin Terzic, Julian Dicks and Miljenko Rak have also left the club with immediate effect.<\/p>\n

Chris Woods, who was goalkeeping coach under Moyes at Everton and United, is the only member of the coaching staff to remain.<\/p>\n

“The club’s search for a new manager to take West Ham United forward is under way and an announcement regarding Bilic’s successor is expected to be made over the coming days,”\u00a0added the statement.<\/p>\n

Former Croatia defender Bilic, 49, was appointed in the summer of 2015 and guided West Ham to seventh place in his first season in charge.<\/p>\n

But an 11th-placed finish last term, their first at London Stadium, has been followed by a poor start this season.<\/p>\n

The Hammers have won just two Premier League matches in 2017-18 – and lost their first three league matches of the campaign.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the defeat by Liverpool,\u00a0Bilic told BBC Sport:\u00a0“The pressure mounts game by game and at this moment it is big.<\/p>\n

“I don’t feel a broken man. On the other hand, the situation for West Ham is not good and the club is above every individual.<\/p>\n

“I cannot say anything negative [about the owners]. They have been supportive, very good to me in my two and a half seasons, but the situation is very difficult.”<\/p>\n

West Ham’s next match is at Watford on Sunday, 19 November.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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