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Moyes wants chance to rebuild flagging West Ham team

West Ham United boss David Moyes says he wants the chance to rebuild the squad.

Moyes is hoping for more time at West Ham amid the team's poor form, saying in a new interview that he wants to be given the opportunity to "keep it going" and to build a "new West Ham".

He said on The Diary of a CEO podcast, "I want to build a new West Ham, what does that mean? A lot of supporters might not like the sound of that. West Ham have moved to a new stadium, it's not been appreciated by everybody, so we need to make the most we possibly can of it.

"You need exciting players so that young kids want to buy a jersey so that they're not following the top two or three teams in the country. I've tried to change the team but deep down I'd really like to say I'm trying to make West Ham better.

"It used to always do, when I was a manager... we'd say you get a flaky West Ham, they're not that reliable, and you don't know what West Ham team's gonna turn up. I want to change that culture. There's so much room for improvement at West Ham, I think it's got great potential to improve, and I hope that I get the opportunity to keep it going.

"There's been success and it's how we continue and build on it. I'm hoping that culturally I think we have changed a load of things, we're not milky, not flakey, there's a different atmosphere regarding how people see West Ham, I like the way we've done it. We've got some really exciting young players."

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