Curbishley to be named West Ham manager
tribalfooball.com - December 12, 2006
West Ham United are expected to name Alan Curbishley as new manager inside the next 48 hours.
BBC Sport says talks are reported to have been extremely positive and Curbishley will take the Hammers helm before the end of the week.
New West Ham chairman Eggert Magnusson has moved quickly for Curbishley after sacking Alan Pardew on Monday.
Curbishley is thought to have turned down the opportunity to manage the Hammers in 2001 when he was still at Charlton.
He has been out of football after leaving his post at The Valley in May and has since been linked with Aston Villa, West Brom, Leeds and Norwich.
It is also understood Curbishley will be joined at Upton Park by his former Charlton assistants Mervyn Day and Keith Peacock, who is already on West Ham's staff.
And by a quirk of fate his first match in charge will be against Manchester United, the opponents for his final match as Addicks boss.
Alan Curbishley is an excellent manager hope it can help west ham turn thing around starting from the 1st game onwards
Why both manager name also Alan??
west ham lost 1 - 2 at home to pompey.