Julen Lopetegui wants West Ham to make a ‘big noise’ under his management and says the club have a ‘fantastic platform’ to build upon for success.
West Ham have confirmed the appointment of Lopetegui as the club’s new manager, with the Spaniard to replace David Moyes at the London Stadium.
Lopetegui has a wealth of experience having coached Real Madrid and Spain among his past jobs, while he won the Europa League in charge of Sevilla in 2019-20.
The 57-year-old has been without a club since leaving Wolves on the eve of last season and said he delighted to return to the Premier League at West Ham.
He inherits a West Ham team who finished ninth in the Premier League last season and believes there is a solid foundation in East London, with the Hammers having competed in Europe in each of the last three seasons.
“I feel very happy, first of all, to be able to be part of the future of this big Club,” said Lopetegui. “We will try to put our stamp on the Club.
“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 about this.
“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 per cent 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.
“We came here with the idea and the thought to make a big, big noise. That’s why we came here, and we are excited by this challenge. Of course, we are going to do our best to help the Club and the team to achieve to achieve the best level and to achieve our aims. I assure the fans that they are going to be key in all our achievements.”
