West Ham United boss David Moyes says he only wants to buy for the long-term.

Moyes wants the club to move away from stop-gap solutions.

He said, “I want to stop the idea that what we're doing is just buying someone who will fill the gap," Moyes observed. “I want it to be the vision for the Club that we're looking to bring in young, attractive, hungry players who are saying 'we're going to make West Ham better'.

“I know about footballers and I think players who are hungry and players who are trying to climb that ladder, trying to be Premier League footballers, we have to have a mix of that.

“What you'll find is that they're not all necessarily ready to play immediately. That's my biggest thing. [At Everton] people like Leighton Baines, Joleon Lescott, Phil Jagielka needed six months, but once they got up to the speed…

“What we've been trying to do over the years is buy someone who's ready-made and can come straight in. I'm saying stop - let's go for people who we think are young, future internationals."