The Hammers suffered yet another crushing defeat yesterday (05.05.24) after losing to Chelsea 5-0, and the club have now allegedly signed a deal with the former Wolves boss to become the team’s new manager for next season.

According to Football Insider, the 57-year-old ex-Real Madrid goalkeeper - who had been in talks with the club earlier this week - has accepted West Ham’s offer to become their new coach, and is due to proceed to the formal stages, with specific details set to be finalised before the contract is officially signed.

This comes as Moyes, 61, insisted West Ham players had to take responsibility for their lack of “toughness” which resulted in their embarrassing 5-0 loss.

He told Sky Sports: “We're lacking toughness, leadership, mental toughness, we've come away from two games where we've conceded five - and the manager will always take responsibility.

“That's what happens when you're in this job, you have to prepare the players, get them right and set them up.

“Somewhere along the line, the players have to take responsibility too. Doing their jobs, being hard to play against, being aggressive and competitive. I question if we were all that in the first half.

“I've got to be careful with what I say, this is a team that's been probably sixth, seventh or eighth pretty much all season. You can be Chelsea, not so good at the start and now coming good, or us who have started really well and faded away.

“Perhaps that's the 12 to 14 extra games, that might have a part to play, but we've probably not been in good form since the AFCON, losing Mohammed Kudus and Nayef Aguerd, and we're without a couple of centre-halves which may have helped in some of the games.

“There's no excuse, but we're trying to give a reason for some of the poor performances.”