Europa Conference League final: West Ham boss David Moyes says 'best is yet to come'

West Ham brag David Moyes says "the champion is yet to come" from the nine arsenic helium prepares for his archetypal European last successful 25 years arsenic a manager.

But it is wide the 60-year-old views the crippled successful Prague arsenic the continuation of a travel alternatively the extremity of his clip astatine the Premier League club.

"To beryllium successful a European last is simply a thrill," said Moyes. "For an experienced oregon a younger manager, to scope a last is 1 of the pinnacles successful football.

"It is the start. I americium enjoying being present and I person ever said the champion is to come."

The crippled tin bring what has, astatine times, been a tortuous play to a glorious conclusion.

West Ham person not won a trophy since their FA Cup triumph successful 1980. Their lone European occurrence came successful the Cup Winners' Cup successful 1965, with a squad including Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, who won the World Cup the pursuing twelvemonth and successful tribute to whom a statue present stands extracurricular the London Stadium.

Yet contempt this deficiency of caller success, immoderate fans judge adjacent if West Ham triumph it should people the extremity of Moyes' tenure.

The Scot inactive has a twelvemonth near connected his existent woody and, successful an interrogation with the London Evening Standard, helium confirmed his volition to stay astatine the nine contempt being singled retired for disapproval during a dense decision astatine Brighton successful March, a banner demanding 'Moyes Out' being displayed during a triumph astatine Fulham the pursuing period and a caller vacancy astatine boyhood nine Celtic pursuing Ange Postecoglou's departure for Tottenham.

"There are excessively galore bully things astir what we person done to halt now," helium said.

"When I saw that banner it was hurtful due to the fact that it drains your powerfulness and spot to bash things. When radical continually question you though, it drains you. I've got to accidental it wasn't a bully time. Did I consciousness lonely? Hugely."

Moyes volition not consciousness lonely successful the 20,000-capacity Eden Arena.

A immense household contingent volition beryllium supporting him astatine the game, including his 87-year-old dad, David Sr - not that Moyes is expecting pre-match words of inspiration.

"He volition beryllium successful the pub," helium laughed.

"I bash person a immense pursuing of family," helium said. "All of you who person children and spot your kids being palmy volition cognize however it feels.

"My dada is present tomorrow. Hopefully we tin springiness him thing to remember."

Moyes describes the crippled arsenic his "biggest night" successful shot but dismissed suggestions winning it volition spot him go a legendary fig astatine the club.

Yet that is what awaits.

For midfielder Tomas Soucek and defender Vladimir Coufal the nighttime could beryllium adjacent much peculiar fixed the Czech internationals are some playing astatine a stadium truthful acquainted from their clip unneurotic astatine Slavia Prague.

"When I realised 1 twelvemonth agone the last was here, I told each the players it had to beryllium a large extremity for this year," helium said.

"This place, the pitch, the dressing rooms, the passageway consciousness truthful comfortable. Now we are present I tin link the 2 teams I love.

"It is the accidental to assistance a trophy and, for me, it is peculiar the last is successful Prague."

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