DAVID MOYES has pleaded with West Ham fans to back him.
Moyes replaced Slaven Bilic as West Ham manager this morning.
He is understood to have signed a deal until the end of the season.
The club were stunned by the reaction to his news of his impending appointment after Bilic was sacked yesterday.
And in a video posted on Twitter Moyes has pleaded for the fans to back him and his team.
“I’m really looking forward to meeting the supporters. Being in the stadium with them,” he said.
“I’m looking forward to seeing them getting right behind the team and my team also.
“We need the support, we need everybody with us, it’s a big job we have in hand now but I’m sure with everybody together we can get the right results between now and the end of the season.”
Moyes was relegated with Sunderland last year and was in the running for the Scotland job but wanted a return to club management.
Moyes, 54, has been appointed for the success he had at Everton with David Sullivan claiming he can guide West Ham the same way.
Sullivan said: “I would like to welcome David to West Ham United.
“This is a unique position for David Gold and myself – it is the first time in almost eight years at West Ham United that we have appointed a new manager during the season.
“We need somebody with experience, knowledge of the Premier League and the players in it, and we believe David is the right man to turn things around and get the best out of the players at the Club. He is highly regarded and respected within the game, and will bring fresh ideas, organisation and enthusiasm.
“He proved with Everton that he has great qualities and we feel that West Ham United is a Club that will give David the platform to display those qualities again.”
Source:www.express.co.uk