West Ham United manager David Moyes has rubbished suggestions of Declan Rice leaving the club this winter.

The midfielder has been extensively linked to Manchester United and Chelsea in recent years.

While the Hammers acknowledge they cannot keep Rice for much longer, Moyes is adamant about him not leaving during the season.

“The transfer bit, I'm sure you can put away because that won't be happening in January, that's for sure, and it never was," Moyes stated to Goal.com.

“What I will say is I would have loved to have thought we could have wrapped Declan [Rice] up and given him time (off) but overall, he's such a huge influence and also the level of the game.

“Maybe if we'd drawn a lower-league team... mind you, I tried that last year at Kidderminster and I needed to bring Dec on to score me the goal to get through!"

Moyes added: “Dec is exactly the same [as Harry Kane]. He wants to play all the games.

“He's whispering in my ear, 'Am I playing in Europe?' I'm saying, 'I'm thinking about not playing you'.

“And he's saying, 'Well I'd rather start'. Maybe I was thinking of giving him 20 minutes, 30 minutes, but he wants to play."