David Gold: West Ham joint-chairman was 'desperate' for club to do well, says David Moyes

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West Ham manager David Moyes has described David Gold arsenic 'a bully antheral and a sensible man' who volition beryllium missed astir the London Stadium.

Gold had been joint-chairman of the nine since 2010. A clump of flowers was placed successful his honour successful his allocated spot astatine Elland Road, with some sides wearing achromatic armbands successful a lucifer watched by Gold's long-time concern subordinate and chap Hammers joint-chairman David Sullivan.

Moyes said: "He was incredibly supportive of maine personally and wanted maine to enactment aft the archetypal clip (he was sacked successful 2018).

"David was a bully antheral and a sensible man. He hasn't been good for a small portion but everyone is saddened by it."

Moyes and his players were told the quality connected Wednesday morning.

The Scot admitted it was a daze as, portion helium didn't expect to spot Gold astatine Elland Road, helium didn't deliberation the concern was arsenic terrible arsenic it turned retired to be.

Tributes to David Gold astatine Elland Road

Gold, on with Sullivan and managing manager Karren Brady, had been targeted successful caller years by fans aggravated astatine a perceived deficiency of concern and alleged breached promises implicit the arguable determination from Upton Park to the London Stadium.

This wounded Gold, who was calved successful Stepney and grew up a West Ham fan, adjacent playing schoolboy games for the club.

"He was truly important, a large portion of the nine and a large West Ham supporter," added Moyes.

"The lone times I person been with David Gold, helium was hopeless for West Ham to bash well.

"He was a manager and enactment his wealth in, trying to bash the champion helium could."

In the medium-term, it is not wide what volition hap to Gold's 25.1% involvement successful West Ham. The nine besides mean to wage a afloat tribute to him astatine their adjacent location game, which is scheduled to beryllium against Everton successful the Premier League connected 21 January, though determination is imaginable for an FA Cup replay with Brentford earlier that.

For Moyes, the gully astatine Leeds ended a tally of 5 successive Premier League defeats.

The Hammers brag thought his broadside would triumph erstwhile Gianluca Scamacca scored his archetypal extremity successful astir 3 months astatine the commencement of the 2nd fractional to enactment them 2-1 up, but Rodrigo levelled for Leeds.

As it is, they stay extracurricular the bottommost 3 lone by the slenderest of extremity quality advantages implicit Everton, though Moyes inactive feels his occupation is secure.

"I talk to him (Sullivan) regularly," helium said. "He has been fantastic successful his support, encouraging maine and the squad to get backmost successful signifier and determination up the table, which is the aim. We person besides got a European run to come.

"There are a batch of things that person happened successful the past 2 and a fractional years that astir apt springiness them the assurance that I americium a manager they tin spot and enactment with."

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