Football News: Westham Sack Slaven Bilic; Pirlo Quits Football, Mike Emenalo Resigns As Chelsea’s Technical Director

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Slaven Bilic has been sacked as West Ham manager with former Everton and Manchester United boss David Moyes set to replace him on an interim basis. Bilic, 49, departed with the club in the Premier League relegation zone. His last game in charge was Saturday’s 4-1 defeat by Liverpool at London Stadium. West Ham said the club believed a change was necessary “to move forward positively and in line with their ambition”. Moyes, who said he would be interested in the position, has been lined up to take over until the end of the season

Andrea Pirlo Quits Football
The 38-year-old is out of contract at the end of the year and believes the time is right to bring an end to his playing career. Andrea Pirlo has announced he will retire from professional football when his contract at New York City FC expires in December.

The former AC Milan, Juventus and Italy star has won six Serie A titles and two Champions Leagues at club level and played a crucial role as the national team lifted the 2006 World Cup in a successful career.

Mike Enenalo Resigns

Chelsea FC’s technical director, Michael Emenalo, has left the club after ten years at Stamford Bridge. The move may be seen as a win for Antonio Conte after tensions grew during the summer over their transfer activity. Emenalo has been at the club for a decade and has been the transfer guru for 10 different managers.

Blues boss Conte has been tipped to be given the boot at Chelsea in recent months after a turbulent start to the 2017-18 season. But it is Nigerian Emenalo who has decided to end his association with the club – a huge blow to Roman Abramovich. Emenalo is seen as the right-hand man to Chelsea’s Russian owner – with Abramovich trusting him for advice.