David Moyes expects Declan Rice to brush off interest from other clubs to become the next captain of West Ham United.

Rice continues to be linked with Manchester City and Manchester United.

Speaking after Monday's loss to Liverpool, Hammers manager Moyes told Sky Sports of Rice: "Declan will go on to be a future captain of West Ham, there's no doubt about that.

"I can see big improvements from when I left.

"He's now someone who is physically much better: he's much quicker, much stronger. And he has a better understanding.

"I think he's learning under Mark Noble the leadership side of it. He was a quiet boy when I first came to the club, but he's developing a good personality. He's got a lot of things to do better but as a young boy, he's doing very well.

"So many of the young boys these days are looking to be improved by coaches but quite often it's your own self-development as a player. You have to develop yourself, you have to understand, you have to pick things up very quickly and not always rely on you coaches to be your guide.

"Many of the great players got into a team and had to find their own way to do things. Declan's doing that himself. He is self-developing - and he's doing an awful lot of things which prove why he's getting into Gareth Southgate's England squads."