Honest Moyes admits his Lanzini reservations

David Moyes has admitted that Manu Lanzini didn’t live up to his expectations when he took over from Slaven Bilic at the London Stadium.

Moyes famously commented after his opening game against Watford that a few of the players he’d inherited needed to start perfroming and show him the reputations they had gained.

Lanzini was not believed to be one of those but now the manager has admitted that he was a bit underwhelmed by the Hammers play maker.

However, he has since changed his mind and understands why the player is so highly rated.

Moyes said: “I think he was talked about  alot when I came here and to be honest I didn’t see that in the first half a dozen games or so.

“I think in recent weeks I see what everyone was telling me about and he is starting to form a great understanding with Marko [Arnautovic] though we didn’t quite get the magic we needed in front of goal.”