A Champions League finalist as recently as 2024, former Borussia Dortmund boss Edin Terzic is keen<\/a> on a return to management himself. <\/p>\n In addition to Bilic, meanwhile, other former Hammers including Frank Lampard<\/a>, Michael Carrick<\/a>, Gary O\u2019Neil and Scott Parker have filled plenty of column inches on the back of that 2-1 home defeat by Crystal Palace on Saturday.<\/p>\n Now, Hammers News can shed some light on the situation, via chief football correspondent Graeme Bailey.<\/p>\n Mark Noble<\/a>, West Ham United\u2019s<\/a> sporting director, has his own ideas. David Sullivan too, while it can be confirmed that the success former captain Parker has enjoyed at Burnley has not gone unnoticed either at the London Stadium.<\/p>\n Prominent Hammers insider\u00a0Sean Whetstone<\/a> reported, after Palace left-back Tyrick Mitchell consigned Potter to a third successive home London derby defeat, that the embattled head coach is likely to remain in charge until after the trip to Arsenal on October 4th.<\/p>\n The looming international break, however, may give the club\u2019s hierarchy an opportunity to get a new man in the building while giving him a useful settling-in period.<\/p>\n Bailey, speaking exclusively to Hammers News on Wednesday, insists that Scott Parker is a name to keep an eye on<\/a>. Noble is also understood to be highlighting the benefits of a young, ambitious head coach with a prior knowledge of life in East London.<\/p>\n \u201cWest Ham are exploring options from Slaven Bilic and Nuno, but others too,\u201d Bailey explains.<\/p>\n \u201cPlenty of names are being put to the club\u2019s hierarchy and Scott Parker is one of those. He is a player with history at West Ham and they do respect the work he has done in recent years as a manager. He can\u2019t be totally discounted.<\/p>\n \u201cBut there are others. <\/p>\n \u201cI understand Mark Noble likes Parker, but has also pushed the cases of the likes of Frank Lampard and Michael Carrick.\u201d<\/p>\n Raphael Wicky and Edin Terzic are more left-field options<\/p>\n Bailey told Hammers News in June that legendary former skipper-turned-sporting director Noble was \u2018impressed\u2019 by the job Carrick did<\/a> at Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n The 2008 Champions League winner took Boro from the Championship relegation zone to the play-off semi-finals in the space of a few months in 2022\/23. However, his stock plummeted during a difficult final campaign at the Riverside; Sacked after a tenth-place finish with the current second-tier leaders.<\/p>\n Frank Lampard took both Derby and Coventry into the play-offs, meanwhile. <\/p>\n That stellar start to life with the Sky Blues has helped Lampard bounce back from difficult spells at Everton and Chelsea. Hammers News have also been informed by an agent source that Lampard may be tempted to leave Coventry<\/a> should West Ham approach their one-time academy graduate.<\/p>\n![\"Scott](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2211304691-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesWest Ham United director Mark Noble is a big fan of Frank Lampard and Michael Carrick<\/p>\n