By Hughie Southon
David Moyes may well be in the process of easing the pressure on himself after a desperate West Ham season.
The manager is still facing a relegation struggle and games against Bournemouth on Sunday and Liverpool next Wednesday could become near defining season affairs.
The board has made it clear they are sticking with the 59 year old and there has been one report that whatever happens this season he will be in charge next.
And talking to reporters Moyes sounded extremely confident that he would still be around at West Ham for the 1923/24 campaign.
One reporter asked him outright: “Will you still be here next season.”
Moyes immediately made the position clear declaring: “I’m planning for next season. I’ve got no intention of leaving.
I’m getting on with my job, doing everything that I do and obviously, my head’s down and focused on how I’m getting myself more points at the moment, that’s the only thing I can think about.”
Considering he still has a year left on his contract, I doubt that the board will want to pay him off for a replacement.