David Moyes says he is hoping to stay at West Ham for the long-term, sighting his achievements at Everton as the benchmark.

Moyes spent 11 years managing Everton in what was a hugely successful period for the club. He was then lured away to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, but from there he has failed to nail down a consistent manager’s position.

Since replacing the sacked Slaven Bilic as manager of West Ham earlier this month, Moyes has endured a difficult start.

But the Scot believes he can still do a good job at the London Stadium, and has his sights set on managing the Hammers for a long time.

“I’d love to think football clubs would always go long term and think that way,” said Moyes.

“I hope it will turn full circle. At the moment managers are now down to probably 16 months in the job, maybe even less in some cases.

“What it means is there’s always a chance of a change of staff and a change of players. It doesn’t get to be settled and bedded down.

“Sometimes you need the directors to say ‘OK we have to go with it, we have to put things in place for the long term’.

“There are other things you need to develop – you want your academy to develop, you want all the things around your club, your infrastructure, all to be good.

“Myself included, maybe even more so. My job is to come here and win games and make sure we stay up. I’m here at the moment on a short-term contract.

“The future for managers looks more likely to be short-term contracts than managers tending to get 10 or 11 years in any one job.”
[Quotes via Sky Sports]