Frank McAvennie has told Julen Lopetegui to emulate Aston Villa’s playing style at West Ham United next season.
Villa secured a top-four finish and Champions League qualification ahead of Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham in 2023/24, while the Hammers slipped to ninth in David Moyes’ final campaign.
And McAvennie – speaking exclusively to West Ham Zone – was impressed with the style Villa employed to achieve their aims and feels the Hammers are more than capable of following suit.
“I’d be looking to do at least what we’ve done in the past few years, do it better and do what Aston Villa do – look at the way they play football, it’s brilliant,” he said.
“West Ham, Aston Villa – same colours but they play better football than us and we’ve got better players than them.
“They’ve got John McGinn who’s absolutely superb, Watkins, they’ve got good players – but so do we. And that’s the kind of football fans would love to see. They’ve done well and they’ve done well by playing really attractive football.”
