Moyes on the Hammers and his own hopes at the club

Jobless David Moyes – out of work since leaving West Ham apart from offering opinions to various media outlets – reckons we have what it takes to become established in the top half of the Premier League table.

However, he can’t forget his own time in charge and admits that he harboured hopes of a long term gig at the London Stadium.

His chance was ruined in part no doubt by spending £8 million on Jordan Hugill – who has now joined Queens Park Rangers on loan for the season after spending the last campaign at Middlesbrough – as his sole buy and who never got a start.

The Glaswegian’s achievement in keeping us up should of course not be forgotten but his successor Manuel Pellegrini is clearly more acquitted to taking the club where it wants to go with the type of football the fans want to see.

In his latest comments on the Irons Moyes passes over the Hugill purchase with little comment as he discusses how he sees the Irons’ season going

“West Ham are a club who should be competing, and have the capabilities to do so,” the Scot told the Mirror when asked about his time at the east London club.

“But last year was the first year I think West Ham have really spent to do so.

“Prior to that, we took over when there was a lot of difficulties and unrest around the group. We calmed it down and more importantly for the group we made sure there were no problems with relegation.

“Our plan was to go in and work with the players we had and get them through the season. We brought in one centre-forward, Jordan Hugill, to cover Andre Ayew and Diafra Sakho, who had gone [in the January window].

“We had to find a way of winning quickly and making sure we weren’t going to be in difficulty. But also understanding that as well as a short-term picture, you were always hoping there was something long-term as well.