A candid Mark Warburton says his friendship with David Moyes was in danger if he did not take the decision to leave West Ham.
It was announced last week that Mark Warburton was departing West Ham after just one year with the club.
He became the latest assistant coach to leave West Ham following the departures in consecutive summers of Alan Irvine and then Stuart Pearce.
It remains to be seen whether David Moyes will now look to bring in another replacement to join him, Paul Nevin, Kevin Nolan, Billy McKinlay and Xavi Valero in West Ham’s senior management team.
The West Ham first team staff setup has always been an intriguing dynamic. There appears, on the surface at least, to be no clear number two in the traditional sense.
Candid Mark Warburton says friendship with David Moyes was in danger if he did not leave West Ham
Shared responsibility seems to be the best way to describe how Moyes has his coaching team aligned. They each have the same title – ‘assistant coach’.
Although earlier this season a first team whistleblower alleged Moyes minimised the input of his assistants.
In West Ham’s official statement on the departure it was clear from the comments of both Moyes and the ex Rangers boss that Warburton wanted to get back to being the main man.
Now, in an interview with Sky Sports, the ex Hammers assistant has opened up on the real reason behind the parting of ways.
And candid Warburton says his friendship with Moyes was in danger if he did not leave West Ham.
‘We had different philosophies… I challenged Moyes’ says ex Hammers assistant
Warburton also said he and Moyes have different philosophies on the game. And he admitted to challenging the Scot.
“The challenging bit for me was, I’ve been managing for so long… and you’re the decision maker – not in an arrogant way, I don’t mean that at all in an arrogant fashion – just the fact that you’re used to that process and then suddenly you’re not,” Warburton said on Sky Sports News (10.51am Saturday June 24).
“I think David and I have different philosophies on the game, which is part of the reason he wanted me to come in. But I think I just found that really challenging.
“And the most important thing to me was friendship in that and I think our friendship would have been in danger if we’d have just carried on with me challenging certain things.
“So we left in a very amicable way. We had a good conversation and they looked after me and anything I can do to help David, help the club, I’ll always do.”
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