West Ham replace David Moyes with Julen Lopetegui | OneFootball

Julen Lopetegui has officially been appointed as the new head coach at West Ham, the club have confirmed.

David Moyes departed last week after a successful spell in charge which included winning the Conference League last season as both he and the club opted against extending his expiring contract.

Former Spain and Real Madrid boss Lopetegui takes over, having most recently been in the dugout with Wolves before leaving last summer.

“I feel very happy, first of all, to be able to be part of the future of this big club and we’ll try to put our stamp on it,” he told West Ham TV.

“I feel that we have a fantastic platform. 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.

“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 we our commitment is 100% 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.”

He will officially start work on July 1.