West Ham: 5 Managerial Replacements For Sam Allardyce
5. Slaven Bilic
Slaven Bilic was first linked with the West Ham job in December when the Hammer's fortunes started to slip and Sam Allardyce found himself on the brink. Reports at the time claimed the Croatian was open to a move to the Premier League to manage his former side, having played for West Ham briefly between 1996-97. Bilic almost got the Hammers job in 2008 as Alan Curbishleys replacement but instead opted to manage Croatia, guiding them to the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine. Largely credited as the man who revived Croatia's fortunes on the international scene, Bilic had a win record of 64.62 %, and though he is currently in charge of Beikta, a move remains possible. Bookmakers give him an outside chance of landing the job should Allardyce be axed.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
