Mark Noble bared his soul on a traumatic season at West Ham, as speculation grew that manager David Moyes will not be offered a new contract.

The captain, whose frustration bubbled over last night when he and Manchester United’s Paul Pogba clashed and were booked, gave a revealing insight into what it means to be in a team in constant fear of relegation.

He revealed that the morning after last Saturday’s 2-0 win at Leicester which guaranteed West Ham another season in the Premier League, was the first time all season that he, “woke up and was relaxed”.

Noble, who made his 300th Premier League start for West Ham in last night’s 0-0 draw with United, also said the club needed to “spend money” in the summer and called for clarity over the manager situation.

Owners David Sullivan and David Gold will not rush into any decision over Moyes but there are reports that former Manchester City boss Manuel Pelligrini, who is in charge of Chinese club Hebei Fortune, is emerging as a front runner for the job.

Noble, who has been at West Ham for 15 years called for “change” after the Leicester game and today he attempted to explain what he meant.

“I do the best job I can to keep the players together, keep the place happy,” he said. “I’ve never known it like this in my life, the emotional highs and lows.

“I can honestly say that, the morning after the Leicester game, was the first time I’ve woken up all season and felt relaxed. I go out to dinner with my wife and kids and you have that anxious feeling in your belly all the time. Why? Because Stoke or another team are playing and I don’t want them to get the points.

“It’s horrible and I don’t want it to be like that any more. I haven’t got all the answers but I do feel that, in some way, we need to come together.

“What I meant by change, for example, is that the London Stadium is our home now but it’s still not really in our own hands. If this was our stadium we wouldn’t have the pitch surround painted green. It makes the pitch so big so it would be another colour.

“So I think there is a lot of stuff in the summer, from top to bottom, which needs to change and I mean that because I don’t want to go through another season like this.

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“If we beat Everton on Sunday, we finish on 42 points and could be as high as 10th after what I would say has been a disappointing season.

“I think we do need to spend money in the summer. We have a good core of players but we need another three or four more good ones. We also need to know what’s happening with the manager. He came into a really difficult job. His appointment was questioned by many fans — but he’s done the job. It’s not nice when you’re in limbo, not just the gaffer but all of his staff and the players.”

West Ham and United could face FA sanction following a players’ melee after Noble clashed with Pogba. The pair were all smiles after the game, though, and Noble revealed: “My eight-year-old son, Lenny, asked me if he could walk out with me last night because he really wanted to see Paul Pogba.

“I’m also one of his biggest fans. He gets criticism he doesn’t deserve and when we have players like that here, we should love them and not criticise them so much.

“He kicked me in frustration but I walked into one of the rooms after the match and Lenny was having his photo taken with him!”