According to reports in The Telegraph, Huddersfield Town manager David Wagner could be a surprise candidate for the West Ham United job if Slaven Bilic is sacked at the end of the season.

What’s the word, then?

Well, the Croatian is coming under scrutiny from the club’s joint-owners David Gold and David Sullivan following a disappointing season and he could go at the end of the campaign.

The Irons currently lie in 13th position in the Premier League table but they have endured a number of miserable performances and results at their new London Stadium home this term, while they are also currently on a run of three straight top flight defeats.

Without a win in his last five, The Sun suggest that Bilic will go unless he secures a top-half finish for the Hammers.

If he does, Wagner could be one of the managers they target to replace the 48-year-old.

How has Wagner done at Huddersfield?

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He has done very well.

He joined the Yorkshire outfit in November 2015 when they were lying in 18th position in the Championship standings, and despite ending the campaign in the 19th, he has turned things around for the Terriers this term.

They currently lie third in the table and as well as being on course to secure a play-off spot, they are also just six points behind second-placed Brighton and Hove Albion in the second automatic promotion position.

Can he make the step up to the Premier League?

Having worked with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp during the duo’s time together at Borussia Dortmund, you would think so.

Wagner’s methods and style of play mirror those of the Reds boss in the Premier League, and his team plays with a high intensity – and it has obviously worked.

How could he help the Hammers?

Like Klopp, Wagner brings a big focus on team bonding, and he could certainly help to bring together a West Ham squad that has appeared divided at times during the current campaign – especially after the Dimitri Payet saga – as well as bringing a new sharpness to the side that they appear to be lacking right now.

It would be a big risk, though?

It would be, yes.

The Irons have tended to target big-name managers in the past – they came close to appointing Rafa Benitez before he decided to link up with Real Madrid instead – but Wagner is a young, innovative coach that looks destined for bigger and better things, and maybe it is time for the Irons to go down that route now.

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