Scott Parker, new West Ham manager

Just one day after the West Ham made official the dismissal of Nuno Espírito Santothe Hammers have confirmed an open secret: “Scott Parker has reached an agreement to become the new coach of the club’s men’s first team.

The statement announced that the 46-year-old former West Ham captain has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract at the London Stadium and will be in charge of the team for Wednesday night’s match. EFL Championship against him Cardiff City.

The coach will have the help of the first team coaches, Steve Potts, Gerard Prenderville and Billy Lepinewhile Mark Noble He will also work closely with his former teammate. The decision has been made quickly so that the coach can be in charge of the team tonight; Therefore, the club wanted to highlight that “more details regarding the permanent structure of Parker’s coaching staff will be announced soon.”

In their statement, West Ham praised the English coach’s career: “The former coach of the Fulham, AFC Bournemouth and Burnley He arrives having achieved the extraordinary feat of promoting all three clubs from the EFL Championship to the Premier League, in 2020, 2022 and 2025, winning the EFL Championship Coach of the Season award in the 2024/25 season with Burnley.

Scott Parker returns to the club for which he made 129 appearances as a player between 2007 and 2011, a period in which he was named West Ham Player of the Year three times in a row and won the Football Journalists’ Association Footballer of the Year award in the 2010/11 season, becoming only the second player in the club’s history, after Bobby Moore, to receive this award.

Scott Parker’s first words as West Ham manager

The former Hammers player has given his first words after making his return to the English team official, but this time as a coach: “It is a moment of great pride for me to take on this position and return to a club that means so much to me and my family. I have many fond memories of my time here: four years of what was probably the best football of my career.”

“More than anything, this is an opportunity that excites me very much. I feel privileged and honored to be the one who wants to take us back to the Premier League and be the coach of this football club at this time,” declared the former footballer.

Scott Parker has been in this division three times and has left it three times. West Ham, with his arrival, are looking to achieve the coach’s fourth promotion from the Championship to the Premier League, with a key factor for Parker’s new team: “Consistency in what we do and the level of commitment we show will give us the best opportunity to get out of this division and become the team we can be.”