Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim flew to the UK primarily to meet with West Ham officials, talkSPORT understands.
Amorim has been heavily linked with the Liverpool job amid Jurgen Klopp's upcoming departure and talkSPORT reported earlier this month that he had had conversations with the clubalthough the portuguese denied any communication with Liverpool.
Amorim's move to Liverpool appears now unlikely, and West Ham could jump at the chance of the 39-year-old holding talks with them.
It looks increasingly likely that West Ham will need a new manager with David Moyes, whose contract expires in the summer, set to leave at the end of the season.
talkSPORT also reported that former Wolves and Real Madrid manager Julen Lopetegui has been proposed as a candidate. potential Moyes replacement.
Amorim has made a splash in his homeland by winning the Taca de Liga, the Portuguese League Cup, in his first coaching job with Braga.
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He then landed the job at Sporting in March 2020, winning the Primeira Liga in his first full season at the club, where they beat Benfica and Porto to the title. Amorim has also won two more Taca de Liga titles at Sporting.
talk SPORT Gabby Agbonlahor made her coaching badges with Amorim and the former Aston Villa star is convinced that any team that lands him in the summer will be lucky.
“Interestingly enough, I got my coaching badges with Ruben, we did the fast track course, Northern Ireland, Belfast,” Agbonlahor told talkSPORT earlier this month.
“He was someone who was like, he was on it, man. Some people might have laughed a little and joked about the countryside and stuff, he was on it.
“Concentrating in each meeting, all the theoretical part, when you did the training things on the field you could tell that he was in it.
“I'm sure that was five years ago, he's 39 now, so he's quite a young manager, but I don't see why not (he could become Liverpool manager), he's doing a great job at Sporting, isn't he? “
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