DAVID MOYES says reaching a European final with West Ham would be his finest achievement in almost 1,100 games as a manager.
And he is threatening to channel his inner “disco fever” in an unlikely samba double act with Brazilian playmaker Lucas Paqueta if the Hammers strike gold in Prague next month.
After a grim season on the home front, with the Hammers fighting relegation, the Eastenders face Dutch dark horses AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final tonight with history beckoning for Moyes, who turned 60 a fortnight ago.
Just 33 days after he dodged the axe with a critical win at Fulham, as fans unfurled a ‘Moyes Out’ banner, bookies rate West Ham favourites to land their first major trophy in 43 years.
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