New West Ham boss Slaven Bilic relishing challenge ahead

Slaven Bilic is in no doubt he has joined a club going places after being named the new manager of West Ham on a three-year deal.

The former Croatia boss, 46, was yesterday confirmed as successor to Sam Allardyce, whose contract was not renewed.

Bilic, who also had spells in charge of Lokomotiv Moscow and more recently Besiktas, is the man now tasked with guiding the Hammers into the Olympic Stadium for the start of the 2016-17 campaign. A former West Ham defender — he spent 18 months at the club from January 1996 before joining Everton — Bilic is in no doubt of the potential he is taking on.