Vladimír Coufal has been asked about David Moyes’ future at West Ham United after their poor run in the league this season.
The Hammers are 18th in the table, a point behind 17th placed Leicester City and two points behind Leeds United, Everton and Nottingham Forest, who are 14th, 15th and 16th respectively. West Ham can get ahead of these clubs if they win their game in hand.
Sport.cz interviewed Coufal and asked him whether there was a debate within the club that replacing Moyes would improve West Ham’s situation.
Responding to that, he said: “I can’t say from my position, I don’t sit on the board. This is a question for our future owner (entrepreneur Daniel Křetínský, editor’s note).”
The outlet further pressed the Czech Republic international on whether he and his West Ham teammates have come across the rumours around Moyes’ future.
“Of course, there were some reports from the media that we have to win, otherwise the coach is in danger. With Everton, with Nottingham or most recently with Aston Villa. But I read an interview where David Moyes said he had a great relationship with the board,” Coufal explained.
When asked how he ‘perceives’ Moyes, the right-back said: “Pure pragmatist. The end justifies the means. I have probably never seen such an orthodox pragmatist, when he has results at the expense of everything, maybe sometimes even the game. There is a lot of pressure on him and he is putting pressure on us as well.”
Coufal has made 26 appearances in all competitions this season. He featured only twice in the league from mid-September until the World Cup break. This saw suggestions in December that West Ham had included him in a list of unwanted players.
On this claim, the 30-year-old explained: “I don’t know where a list came from, nobody said anything like that to my face and I think manager David Moyes would.
“Right after the World Cup, he called me and said that I was important to him, that it was a mistake that I didn’t play a few matches. He held me and said that if I had planned to leave for somewhere, he wouldn’t let me go.”
