West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady insists the club never let down sacked manager Slaven Bilic.

Bilic was axed and replaced by David Moyes this week.

Brady wrote for The Sun: "No one likes to sack anyone. It's not easy, especially when you genuinely like them, and I take no pleasure from it — but sometimes there is just no alternative.

"Everyone on the board enjoyed a good relationship with Slaven and supported him at every opportunity.

"We spent £100 million on players since he joined — and no club outside the top six has spent more.

"Every pre-season requirement, every winter training break, every backroom member of staff, the complete refit of the training ground… whatever he wanted, we tried to deliver.

"He, in turn, was an honest man with integrity and intelligence and was furiously loyal to West Ham. So sacking this thoroughly decent man was one of the hardest things our board felt it had to do in 25 years in football."