Spector would like to see Michael Carrick return to West Ham (Picture: Getty)

Former West Ham United defender Jonathan Spector insists Ruben Amorim is a realistic target but would also like to see Michael Carrick considered should the club part ways with David Moyes.

The Hammers have made no announcement on Moyes? future but the club are actively searching for a new manager to take over in east London.

The club are understood to have held productive talks with former Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui with Sporting Lisbon boss Amorim flying to London at the start of the week to meet West Ham co-owner David Sullivan.

Two Championship managers are also reportedly on West Ham?s radar in Middlesbrough and Ipswich bosses Carrick and McKenna, both in their first full-time managerial roles after leaving Manchester United?s coaching staff in 2021.
Spector, who made over 100 appearances for West Ham, would ?love? to see Carrick, himself a West Ham academy graduate, get such an opportunity, believing he has a huge future ahead of him in management.

Spector adds Carrick has similar managerial traits to Xabi Alonso, another former deep-lying midfielder now in the dugout, leading Bayer Leverkusen to their sensational Bundesliga success this season.

With Ipswich meanwhile battling for the Championship title and automatic promotion to the Premier League, the former USA international suggests McKenna will stay on at Portman Road should they go up.

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