West Ham United manager David Moyes says Mark Noble's departure has left a 'big void' at the club.

The English midfielder, 35, retired at the end of last season after 550 first-team appearances for the Hammers.

"There is a big void," the West Ham manager told Sky Sports.

"I can feel it now because he played such a big part, pulling the players together, doing lots of things and keeping them close. He was really important for us."

Declan Rice will now captain the club, with Moyes added: "Now Dec has to step up to another level of not just how he plays on the pitch but his leadership off the pitch and dealing with a lot of the other things that go on.

"He's a young man who is still learning and maybe it was a little bit easier for him being captain last season knowing Mark Noble was in the building and those two could work it out.

"But hopefully we've surrounded him with Lukasz Fabianski and Aaron Cresswell, Angelo Ogbonna - people who have been at the club a long time and can help him with their experience."