Hammers boss David Moyes has broken his silence – sort of – and confirmed a conversation with West Ham co-owner David Sullivan.
It seems a long time ago now but when West Ham went into the pause for the World Cup it was to a cacophony of noise around Moyes’ job.
Three home defeats in a week to Crystal Palace, Blackburn’s reserves and Leicester left West Ham one point off the bottom three and out of the Carabao Cup at the first hurdle.
And it sparked intense speculation that the Scot could be axed from the Hammers hotseat.
Co-owner David Sullivan spoke to Hammers News to give Moyes his full backing. But that did not stop claims from elsewhere that the boss is on a knife-edge when the Premier League resumes next weekend.
Again Sullivan spoke to Hammers News to deny reports that he had fallen out with the manager.
Moyes’ cause has not been helped by the fact West Ham’s malaise stretches back a full year during which the Hammers have won just 13 of their last 42 Prem matches.
It is a well known fact in football that he is one of the hardest working managers around, bar none.
Usually the first to arrive and last to leave, Moyes has been described as a workaholic.
When domestic football shutdown for the World Cup, he made a point of stating just how hard he works and insisted he would be taking some time out.
And he has certainly stuck to his guns on that. After a trip to Florida for a holiday, West Ham have been back in training for three weeks and have played three friendlies against Cambridge, Udinese and Fulham.
As reported by Hammers News, Moyes is the only Premier League manager who has not spoken to his fans during the World Cup as the boss stays true to his word on taking a break.
Now Moyes has broken his silence – sort of – and confirmed a conversation with West Ham co-owner Sullivan.
West Ham published a Q&A interview with Moyes on the club’s official YouTube channel on Monday.
But it is unclear when the feature was actually filmed.
Ironically the boss states that “communication is vitally important” despite having maintained radio silence since West Ham broke up for the World Cup while every single other Premier League manager from Mikel Arteta to Julen Lopetegui has spoken – some on multiple occasions – in interviews and press conferences.
In the feature, Moyes responds to a host of questions including an interesting answer to the question of who he last spoke with on the phone.
“The last person I received a call or message form was David Sullivan, our (majority) owner,” Moyes says in the West Ham Q&A.
“And we were having a good conversation about players etc and how things were.”
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