He does not know if he will even be there next season, but David Moyes has begun planning for the long term at West Ham United.

After watching Javier Hernández and the much-missed Marko Arnautovic lift the gloom around the London Stadium in the 2-0 defeat of Watford, Moyes revealed he was behind David Sullivan’s decision to tear up the club’s transfer policy.

The plan was disclosed by West Ham co-chairman Sullivan hours before kick-off in an attempt to placate fans preparing to march in protest at the way the club was run and who had sung “Sack the board” twice in recent weeks.

Declaring Sullivan was ready to surrender control over transfers following a miserable January window, Moyes said: “I think the chairman’s going to try to stand aside a little bit from it and let it get run.”

Sullivan also proclaimed that he hoped Moyes stayed “for many years”, despite awarding the former Manchester United manager a contract only until the summer upon appointing him in November.