West Ham United want to hire Marco Silva as £6m development emerges at Fulham
Marco Silva is on a list of potential successors for David Moyes if the Scot leaves his position as West Ham manager in the summer, according to the Daily Mail.
Veteran Moyes led the Hammers to a seventh-place finish in the Premier League last season but has found the going tougher this time out with the club mixing domestic and European duties.
West Ham are 15th in the table and all but safe due to a seven-point gap to the drop zone with only three games to play, while they are also in the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League.
Fulham boss Silva has plenty of admirers with the Cottagers sitting 10th through 35 games of their first season back in the top flight and the Portuguese has a £6million release clause in his contract, according to the Mail report.
Time for Hammers to make their move
Moyes has done a fine job since returning to the London Stadium for a second spell in charge in December 2019, helping the club stave off relegation in the 2019-20 campaign.
Last term was a mightily impressive one for the Hammers, who flirted with Champions League qualification before falling away.
But there is a feeling that perhaps the club have hit a ceiling and with interest in Silva sure to be high – Tottenham, Crystal Palace and Leicester City are among the teams looking for a long-term boss – then it feels the right time to make a move.
Moreover, the swashbuckling, front-foot football employed by Silva would seem to fit with the fabled “West Ham way” and the Portuguese feels like a natural fit for West Ham.
He may feel he has unfinished business at Craven Cottage but, similar to Moyes at West Ham, it may be that he has taken Fulham as far as he can.