David Moyes exclusive interview: Why Europa Conference League win can be fuel to drive West Ham forward
David Moyes tells Sky Sports about his hopes of building on West Ham's Europa Conference League success and the club's efforts to strengthen following the sale of Declan Rice; «The club have made several offers for players. We are out in the market.»
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Thursday 27 July 2023 12:34, UK
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It is only weeks since West Ham clinched Europa Conference League glory in Prague but preparations for the new campaign are well under way. They have already packed in a pre-season tour to Australia. Now, a media day at the club's academy.
«We hugely enjoyed it for the few days we could do,» David Moyes tells Sky Sports between photocalls. «But we were back to action pretty quickly, so it was a very short summer this year.»
Not that he would change it. That heady, last-minute win over Fiorentina, at the end of a marathon, 57-game season, secured the club's first major trophy in decades and the manager's first ever.
«I'm going to try and build on it and push it forward — and we're going to enjoy it,» adds Moyes. «It's the first time we've won a trophy in 40 years here at West Ham.
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»There aren't many clubs in this country that get to win European trophies, so we're certainly going to continue talking about it and thinking about it. But meanwhile, we'll also be moving on and getting ready for the new season.
«We have to use it as the fuel to drive us forward, to improve. We've had a good run at it in the last three years. I don't know how many teams have finished in Europe three times in a row.
»I can name a few, obviously. But for West Ham to do that is a great achievement and we'll try
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