David Moyes plans to make it impossible for West Ham to not renew his contract

Moyes was let go after 2017-18 season despite leading the club to safety

Newly appointed West Ham United manager David Moyes gestures during a press conference at Rush Green Training Ground, in London, Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. Discarded for not being the “high-caliber” manager desired by West Ham, David Moyes was brought back by the east London club on Sunday for a second spell in charge. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)
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David Moyes, back for his second spell as West Ham manager, has promised to give the management "no choice" but to extend his 18-month contract.

Moyes was let go by co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan after the 2017-18 season despite leading the club to safety and a 13th-place finish.

When asked – after returning to succeed Manuel Pellegrini – if there were any hard feelings, Moyes was quoted by Press Association as saying: "No, because things were done correctly – I wasn't taken on and I was told that.

"I was disappointed, I've said that, but I've got another chance to go again. I think it says a lot about the owners, they thought the job I did was good enough to give me another opportunity.

"This time I'm going to make it so there's no choice but to renew. There's a clause in there and I'm going to make it impossible to ignore that, that's my plan."

Moyes said the end to his previous spell at the club was barely discussed when he was asked to return.

"It was very simple when they called me," he said. "They asked me do I want to come back and I said 'I can't wait'.

"We didn't talk about the past, we were just talking about the team now, what we have to do and the position we're in."

Moyes revealed he is still working on getting his backroom staff but added he will be joined by Alan Irvine, his assistant in his previous spell at the club.

Responding to fans who have questioned his re-appointment, Moyes defended his record.

"What anybody's getting is a very experienced Premier League manager, I think there's arguably only two or three more experienced around, and I win," he said.

"There's a lot of new modern things in football but recently I think you've seen signs of things going back a bit. We do want to keep possession but perhaps possession is not now seen, even maybe by yourselves (in the media), as the key to winning games.

"The fans want to see more attacking football, action and excitement. The biggest thing I want to see from my team is for the supporters to be excited – I would love that to be the case."