It’s been a rather tumultuous week for West Ham with Kurt Zouma making the headlines for the wrong reasons alongside a vital victory over Watford in midweek.
Manager David Moyes faced the media to discuss the big talking points including our away clash with Leicester City on Sunday.
Moyes however was of course quizzed immediately on Zouma and whether the summer signing from Chelsea would be included in the squad.
“It’s different views on should be available or not,” said the boss. “We as a Club took the decision that we make him available, and I stand by that.
“I don’t think a Club could have taken more action, any quicker. We’ve fined him maximum wages.
“He’s getting some help. We’re trying to do as much as we can as a Club to help him.
“I think the RSPCA are going to provide us with some courses to help him and make sure that Kurt’s getting better and understanding it. We’re going to do everything as a Club that we possibly can to resolve it.
“I’ve had over 1,000 games and I’ve never treated any player differently. If it’s regarding disciplinary reasons, everyone’s treated the exact same.
“I’d say right away is that we’re completely upset by it at the well. There’s nobody more disappointed than me or the Club itself.
“We’re really sorry we’ve upset West Ham supporters. For the West Ham supporters disappointed by it, I’ve got to say we’re really disappointed by it as well.
“We’re making sure animal charities will benefit from it. It’s a terrible situation, nobody’s hiding it, but we are trying to make some good come from bad.”
West Ham face an out of form Leicester City on Sunday and Moyes was asked about his opponents and in particular the talk of pressure on Brendan Rodgers.
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I think Leicester have got a really good side. They’ve done unbelievably well. They were FA Cup winners and recently league winners.
“Because of the way they’ve built it, over the years, Leicester have been a very good model for teams trying to improve, such as West Ham.
“They’re maybe not quite in the best moment right now. They’re a really strong team, have an excellent manager, and it’ll be a really tough game for us.
“He’s one of the best coaches and young managers certainly in the Premier League. It shows that football can have good times or bad times, but in the bad times you have to find your way through it.
“I hope to keep his bad run of form going at the moment, but I think Leicester are a really good team and we’re very aware of the difficulty the game poses.”
Finally Moyes was quizzed on the recent comments made by Declan Rice who stated that it’s his intention to win silverware in his career.
“We’re now getting ourselves into the position where we’re giving the top teams a good game. Declan’s a big part of it. We want to try to fulfil those ambitions, the same as Declan.”
