David Moyes will stay as West Ham manager next season after Europa Conference League win

West Ham chairman David Sullivan has confirmed David Moyes will remain as the club’s manager following their historic Europa Conference League triumph.

Jarrod Bowen’s last-minute goal earned the Hammers their first major silverware since 1980 and their first European honours since 1965 as they beat Fiorentina 2-1 in Prague.

Moyes celebrated Bowen’s winner by sprinting down the touchline in delight and, despite a difficult season domestically, he will be in charge next season.

The 60-year-old Scot has been linked with the vacant Celtic job but Sullivan says he will see his West Ham contract through until the end of next season.

‘We believed in him. We came in for a lot of pressure from supporters, the press and everyone who seemed mad on making changes but we believe in honouring contracts,’ Sullivan told talkSPORT.

Moyes celebrated West Ham’s last minute winner by running down the touchline in delight

West Ham chairman David Sullivan (right) confirmed Moyes (left) would remain as manager

‘David had a contract with us and has a contract with us until next summer and next summer we’ll look at it again.

‘Until then, if he wants to remain as manager then he will remain as manager of West Ham.’

The Hammers, who’d finished sixth and seventh under Moyes in the last two seasons, flirted with relegation danger for much of the season before ending up 14th.

They faltered in both the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup but found solace in the Europa Conference League, winning all but one of their 15 matches en route to glory.

Said Benrahma’s 62nd-minute penalty was swiftly cancelled out by Fiorentina’s Giacomo Bonaventura but Bowen sprinted through to win it in the dying seconds.

Moyes told BT Sport after the win: ‘This is fantastic. I have had a long career in football and you don’t get many moments like this.

‘These sorts of moments as managers don’t come around often. This is a great moment for us.

‘It is a brilliant club in the East End of London that does wonderful work in the community. It is a great family club. It is getting better and stronger. This is another step on the road of continued progress.

Jarrod Bowen broke through in the final stages to slot in a famous winning goal for West Ham

David Moyes posed with his 87-year-old dad and gave him his winner’s medal on the pitch

‘We have gone unbeaten in Europe, which is incredible. We only lost last year in a semi-final, two incredible years and we get another one now.’

Moyes was seen giving his winner’s medal to his 87-year-old father following the trophy presentation, and when asked if it was the best moment of his career, he replied: ‘I would have to say so. 

‘The moments you get to celebrate with your family and win in the last minute of the game, it doesn’t happen often. It can go against you but tonight is a brilliant feeling.

‘If somebody had said three years ago when I took the job that you’d avoid relegation and finish in Europe, I’d have said you were mad.

‘This competition has been great for us, the players have been remarkable.’

Sullivan congratulates Hammers captain Declan Rice as he goes up to receive the trophy

Moyes ran down the touchline in jubilation when Bowen scored but joked afterwards he couldn’t go ‘full Jose Mourinho’ because his knees won’t allow it. 

‘The minute Jarrod went through I was edging down the touchline. I thought ‘this is the moment’,’ Moyes said afterwards. 

‘I was probably about halfway down the line because I couldn’t do a full Mourinho! I can’t slide my knees and the grass was a bit dry so I was worried that I was going to go on my belly.’