Moyes has been out of work since leaving West Ham at the end of last season

Stoke City are targeting David Moyes as a replacement for Gary Rowett, who is on the brink of being sacked by the Sky Bet Championship club.

Rowett’s position is under severe threat after a downturn in results during which Stoke have won only one of their past five games.

Stoke had wanted to appoint the 55-year-old Scot midway through last season before moving for Paul Lambert, but Moyes had only just joined West Ham United as manager.

Moyes’s short-term contract at West Ham finished at the end of last season and he has been out of work since. It remains to be seen whether he would be interested in the event of Rowett’s departure.

Stoke’s home defeat by Bristol City on New Year’s Day increased