The 62-year-old managed the Hammers from December 2019 to June 2024 before leaving for Everton, and while the London club battles to get out of relegation from the Premier League, Moyes has insisted he has no joy seeing his old club in turmoil.
Speaking with The Guardian ahead of West Ham’s match with Everton on Monday (29.09.25), he said: “I think sometimes at football clubs everyone thinks the grass can always be greener but I had a great time at West Ham, I really did. A hugely enjoyable time.
“I got on great with everybody but if people want to keep changing all the time, I don’t know if that is the best way for clubs.
“I think clubs need to build, get stability, and there are a few clubs like that. I think one is Everton. at the moment, who for different reasons badly need stability in building and moving things in the right direction. West Ham was also a club like that.”
After Moyes left West Ham, Julen Lopetegui, 59, took over before he too was replaced by Graham Potter, 50, in January.
However, after losing five of his six games this season, Potter has been sacked, and former Nottingham Forest coach Nuno Espirito Santo has been brought on to manage the club.
Moyes admitted the “worst part” of being a manager is “trying to deal with a team near the bottom of the league”.
He added: “I think the biggest thing is that West Ham is a huge club with a great support and they want success as well.
“It is very difficult. The modern game makes it very difficult for teams outside the real big boys to do it.”
Even so, Moyes pointed to his successes at West Ham, including winning the Europa Cup in 2023 - the club’s first silverware in over two decades - and selling Declan Rice, 26, to Arsenal for £105 million.
He continued: “I think for West Ham to play three years in a row in Europe and sell the most expensive player in British football at the time [Rice], you would have said is a statement of where they are and what they have done.
“At West Ham, we were spending £40m [on one player] and that was because European football takes you to another level in terms of what you can entice and the money you can bring in. I think it was a great time at West Ham but it was probably the right time for me to move on as well as West Ham.”
Following Potter’s sacking, Moyes said he thinks strong leadership was a necessity to resist the calls for change at West Ham.
He explained: “I think if clubs are always going to keep jumping because of what is probably a minority of supporters then it is going to be difficult for them.
“I think you need to have strong people, who don’t budge and stick with it all the time.”
