Carragher says Moyes leaving 'great for everybody'
West Ham's call to part ways with David Moyes at the end of the campaign is "a great decision for everybody", so says Jamie Carragher.
That news came amid reports that West Ham, in talks with Sporting CP boss Ruben Amorim, had agreed terms with former Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui.
West Ham lost 5-0 to Chelsea at the weekend, and with just two Premier League matches left of 2023-2024, its hopes of European qualification are all but over.
Moyes led West Ham to the Europa Conference League title last season, and the quarter-finals of this season's Europa League, but the Hammers came up against Xabi Alonso's impeccable Bayer Leverkusen side.
With some sections of the club's fanbase having grown tired of Moyes's tactical approach, Carragher feels it is the right time for the 61 year-old to move on.
"I think it's a great decision for everybody," Carragher said during Sky Sports' Monday Night Football. "I think what it does now is it gives the West Ham fans a chance in the next home game to really send him off with the salute that he thoroughly deserves.
'You've got to go back to 1980 under John Lyall, when they won the FA Cup. You think about how long ago that is, Moyes has been West Ham's best manager.
"To win a European trophy is pretty special and he deserved that for his managerial career, not just what he has done at West Ham. He's been a top Premier League manager.
"I think it's right all round. I can understand some of the frustration with the style of football, I get that, but results-wise he's done a brilliant job for West Ham."
West Ham face Luton Town in what will be Moyes's final home match in charge, before it rounds off its season against Manchester City on 19 May.
