I don’t know how it gets much better – David Moyes defends his West Ham record

Moyes is under fire from a section of the Hammers' fanbase after making six changes to his team only to see them thumped 5-1 at Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.

Yet West Ham, who ended a 43-year trophy drought last season by winning the Europa Conference League, are through to the last 16 of this term's Europa League and could climb into the top six of the Premier League with a victory over Manchester United in east London on Saturday lunchtime.

Moyes insists that, without a Saudi-style takeover at the club, they cannot expect to be much higher.

"I don't know how, genuinely, it gets an awful lot better without us getting absolute trillions from somewhere where we can buy success," said Moyes.

"A lot of the things I'm doing at West Ham I see going in the right direction. But if we're in a world now where people want things to be better quickly, I'm finding that hard to see, unless a country comes and gives you the finances.

"There's probably only one club above us who has a lesser budget than us, and that's Brighton. From that alone you might think I'm doing as well as I can. I feel as if I'm having to justify some of those questions. But not many talk about it, so there's some facts.

"We've been on a brilliant run. We're one point off our best-ever points total in the Premier League. I have to say, that's a remarkable achievement for us, and to have qualified for Europe.

"I don't know what else would be expected. If you asked supporters of other clubs ‘where would you think West Ham would be?' most would say we're doing quite well. Maybe they wouldn't. But that's what I think."

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