David Moyes has opened up on the situation at Everton since he left the club. The manager was in charge at Goodison Park for 11 years following the exit of Walter Smith, before he left at the end of the 2012/13 campaign to join Manchester United.
The move didn't work out for the Scot who didn't last a full season at Old Trafford. Spells at Real Sociedad and Sunderland followed before he took the reins at West Ham United for the first time during the 2017/18 campaign.
In December 2019, having been strongly linked with the Everton job following the sacking of Marco Silva, Moyes was again appointed at the London Stadium. He and his side have gone from strength-to-strength since, with the Hammers sitting in seventh in the Premier League table - in the fight for European places.
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Meanwhile, the Blues have struggled with their managerial appointments since the relative stability brought by Moyes, and have slipped precariously down the table in the current season. With Frank Lampard recently appointed, Everton are still embroiled in a relegation battle despite the investment of Farhad Moshiri - who first joined in 2016.
And Moyes admitted that it does sadden him to see what has happened at Goodison since he departed. Speaking to Alan Shearer in his latest piece for the Athletic, the West Ham boss explained why he is disappointed for his former club.
When asked if the situation at Everton saddens him, the former manager responded: “Yes, because Everton has always been close (to my heart) and always will be because I was there so long — 11 years. It’s a long time to be at a club and we went through a lot together. Obviously you’ll know I had a great relationship with the owners — Sir Philip Carter and then Bill Kenwright.
“They’ve spent an awful lot of money and it feels as if it hasn’t really taken on. But I don’t think that should be a shock to anybody in football because I think you see it at a lot of clubs, where clubs spend money and… even West Ham a couple of years ago spent a lot of money to try to challenge, but there’s a way you have to go about it.
"I think Leicester City for example has been a good model of how you build. It doesn’t mean you’re going to have success all the time. I’m disappointed for Everton, but ultimately at the moment my job is at West Ham."
