• Moyes returns to club he left in May 2018• Sporting director Mario Husillos has left West HamDavid Moyes has made an unlikely return to West Ham, charged with the task of saving the club from relegation for the second time in three seasons. He has been given an 18-month contract and will take charge on Monday following the sacking of Manuel Pellegrini.
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Pellegrini was dismissed 90 minutes after the 2-1 home defeat by Leicester on Saturday, 18 months after he replaced Moyes at the
London Stadium. He had overseen an awful run and had been under pressure before defeat by a much-rotated Leicester side proved the final straw for the West Ham owners, David Gold and David Sullivan.