The next chapter in the David Moyes ’ story will be in the east end of London, not the east end of Glasgow. The 60-year-old was linked with the job at his first club Celtic but is staying at West Ham to have another crack at Europe with them after becoming the seventh Scottish manager to lift a European trophy last Wednesday in Prague.
Moyes joins Jock Stein (Celtic), Matt Busby (Manchester United), Willie Waddell (Rangers), Bill Shankly (Liverpool), Alex Ferguson (Aberdeen and Man United), George Graham (Arsenal) on the roll of honour.
Jarrod Bowen’s last-gasp winner against Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League Final meant Moyes’ side were able to lift the newest Euro trophy of all.
But the Scot says his inspiration is the man who has a statue outside Celtic Park. Billy McNeill’s achievement as captain of Celtic’s European Cup heroes in 1967 is now captured in bronze outside the stadium, with ‘Cesar’ holding the cherished trophy just as he did in Lisbon.