Premier League side West Ham United announced the appointment of Julen Lopetegui as the club’s new head coach in a press release on Thursday.
The former Spain, Porto, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Wolverhampton Wanderers coach will officially begin work with the Hammers on 1 July.
He replaces former manager David Moyes who said he will be leaving at the end of the 2023/24 season.
“My ambition as a coach is always to be 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,” said the newly appointed coach.