Moyes reveals Cornet strategy

David Moyes insists that Maxwel Cornet is getting up to speed and can continue impacting games for the Hammers.

The Ivory Coast international was signed from Burnley in the summer but he has somewhat struggled to work his way into the first-team thus far.

Cornet has come on as a substitute three times in the Premier League and has instead been limited to making starts in the Europa Conference League.

He has laid on at least one assist in every single Conference League game he has played in, while he should have a goal to his name in the league, though his last-gasp equaliser against Chelsea was bafflingly chalked off by VAR.

Still, Moyes thinks the winger is getting up to speed and has explained why he has not been starting games in the league; it has come down to the late start to his pre-season.

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s clash with Everton, Moyes said, as per Football.London: “He has actually got a couple of assists in the last few games and he has started to make a contribution already. I think it is probably his lateness back into pre-season and it is getting him back into condition really. I don’t mean that he was badly out of condition, it was just more that he wasn’t match ready in terms of minutes.

“But I think we are still finding out as well, looking at how we can best use him. But if his goal had counted against Chelsea, which it should have done, he hit the post as well, and he has shown he can get a goal.

“If you look at his record in a short time at Burnley I think it was very good, and prior to that as well helped me to think he would be a good player to bring to the club.”