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David Moyes is keen to dismiss all ideas among the fans that there is any conflict between himself and the board over his attempted signings.

Football, being the tribal business it has always been, ensures that when things go wrong in the market either the manager or the board take the hits depending naturally on whose side people find themselves.

And that Moyes should be moved to discuss the issue demonstrates that he is keenly aware of the tensions on the situation towards himself and GSBK.

There have been reported disagreements between the two sides this summer but Moyes has now gone out of his way to tell us that he and the board are in agreement and that he is receiving the level of backing he requires.

All good to hear but doubtful whether it will be enough to satisfy the outrage we often hear as a result of social media. BIG SIGH.

Look I think as managers we all live or die by our recruitment,” Moyes told Graham Hunter.

“You’ll probably lose your job if you don’t recruit particularly well, not always, but it’s got a big part to play in it. So I think getting good recruitment is really vital.

“We started well with the Czech boys, we’re now moving on. We bought players when we came in to finish outside the bottom three in the Premier League 

“But we had an unbelievable year two years ago where we went from fourth bottom of the league to pushing fifth and sixth in the Premier League and we’ve sort of continued that.

“So the level of player (we’re looking for now), we’re looking to buy players who can get us in the top six, or keep us in the top six. So that in itself is a different challenge.

“But I have to say the club have been really good as far as they’re putting the finances up, they’re giving me every opportunity to try and do that. But we’re still building and while you’re doing that if you try and say ‘we’re going to buy the top boys’ then – this is my experience telling me ‘it’s not the way to go’.

“You put a layer on another layer, a layer on the other layer. If you have billionaires running your club you can say we can spend as much as we like. We don’t have that so you’ve got to try and do it in a wee bit of a calculated way.

“I didn’t buy anybody in January, it wasn’t because the club didn’t want to buy anybody it was because I couldn’t find the ones I wanted and we bid really big for top players. So I sort of get a bit annoyed when people quite often blame the board (saying) they didn’t buy and that. Let me tell you you they did, they tried to buy really good players.

“And what I’m trying to do now is buy really good players to help us become a top six team.

“I’m saying ‘we don’t want to sign a cheap player just to fill a space, I’d rather go without than do that because I’m trying to save your money for what I hope might come’.

“We’re in the transfer window and I’m hoping we can do that. But look I’ll have to live and die by my decisions and how I do that but we’re buying for the top six and to be better.”