Ex-Preston North End and Sunderland manager lands new job alongside Gareth Southgate

Preston North End supporters wanted David Moyes back before Paul Heckingbottom was appointed - now the former Premier League boss has a new job

Earlier this year Moyes left his job at West Ham, ending a five-year reign which saw him win the UEFA Conference League with the Hammers. With him being out of work, PNE supporters looked to Moyes when it was announced Ryan Lowe would be leaving - but Preston moved quickly to appoint former Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom.

Former Preston boss David Moyes has a new job following his West Ham exit at the end of last seasonplaceholder image
Former Preston boss David Moyes has a new job following his West Ham exit at the end of last season | Getty Images

The ex-Sunderland, Everton and Manchester United manager has quickly found work, though, with it recently revealed that he would be taking up a role as a technical observer for UEFA. He, along with Gareth Southgate - who recently stood down from the England job, will be tasked with watching Champions League games.

The new role will see him analyse games from a coaching perspective, where he will feed back his findings to UEFA to help improve coaching education. Moyes and Southgate will compile detailed match reports, using video and data to highlight coaching and tactical methods. They will be afforded things such as multiple camera angles, which then can then be analysed.

This new job will help keep Moyes busy, as this is the first season in 26 years he hasn't prepared for. His managerial career began with North End in 1998, as he took over from Gary Peters. He transformed them from a team in danger of relegation, to a side that won promotion and were within 90 minutes of a place in the Premier League.

Moyes' coaching career began when he started taking his coaching badges at 22, and for the last 22 years, he's been a manager at elite level. His work at North End saw him earn the Everton job, and he guided them in to Europe - as well as a fourth placed finish.

His 11-years at Goodison Park, which saw the Toffees compete in Europe, earned him the job at Manchester United. However, he was sacked just 10 months into a six-year contract - after succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson. The other clubs he's managed are Real Sociedad, Sunderland and West Ham - whom he had two stints with.

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