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West Ham fans must be trusting and patient with change to transfer approach, says David Moyes

 (Pool via REUTERS)
(Pool via REUTERS)

David Moyes has urged West Ham fans to trust him as he tries to move the club away from a wasteful approach in the transfer market.

West Ham's failure to bring in a replacement for Sebastien Haller during the January window after the striker was sold to Ajax for £20million early on has caused great anxiety among the fanbase in east London.

Michail Antonio has been outstanding when leading the line for Moyes but is now the only senior striker at the club and is always at risk of a hamstring injury.

While Moyes had money to spend, the Scot has been adamant that he would rather gamble and risk going until the end of the season with just Antonio rather than add to the list of expensive embarrassing signings made by the Hammers and has urged supporters to be patient.

“What needs to happen now is that we get away from short-termism," said Moyes. "We can’t just bring somebody in because we have a centre forward out and they’ll help cover us for three months until the end of the season. The picture is completely changing. I want to bring a new West Ham.

“That has to be that we do things correctly. We want to bring more Tomas Souceks more Vladimir Coufals because of their hunger and their appetite.

“We are trying not to spend excessive money like we have in the past. What’s going to happen is that a lot of people don’t like change. Whatever walk of life it is in. The way West Ham need to go is a change. The small time that we’ve had and the small changes we have made have already made a difference.

“I would hope that most people would look at it and say it is the right way to go. Maybe in a few years people will look at it and say: 'That hasn’t worked so let’s get back to signing players for any amount of money. Overpaid, overpriced and we'll do that because that is the way we do it at West Ham.'

"I don’t think it’s the right way and if you’re a West Ham supporter you’d like to think your club is doing things in a way that will give you a chance to succeed. The players I want are the ones who want to be here for the long term and are hungry to play for the club. If anything their value will go up rather than down and we [don't] end up losing money whenever we bring somebody in.”

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