The earring, the passion and a love of heavy metal.
Yep, new West Ham manager Slavan Bilic is a good deal different to his predecessor, Sam Allardyce. Bilic was one of the most enjoyable sights in football when he patrolled the touchline as Croatian coach, living and dying with every goal as his side upset England to qualify for Euro 2008.
He hasn’t reached that level since, having also coached Lokomotiv Moscow and Besiktas at club level, but it is still an exciting appointment if you are a West Ham fan.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Slaven Bilic as the Club’s new manager http://t.co/Ejx8qvIq1B #whufc pic.twitter.com/w1ynoq3QcP
— West Ham United (@WestHam) June 9, 2015
This grainy video footage is shocking, but you can JUST about make out Bilic in one of his madcap celebrations that should be great fun to watch next season.
Bilic actually played as a defender for West Ham in the 1996/97 season before moving onto Everton where he played for four more seasons. It is pretty surprising that it has taken Bilic this long to reach the Premier League but it will be interesting to see how much of an improvement he makes with West Ham.
After all, Big Sam didn’t do THAT badly, did he?
