Speaking exclusively to Football FanCast, former West Ham striker Frank McAvennie has praised David Moyes' transfer policy of signing players from the Championship.

Having seen big money signings like Felipe Anderson and Sebastien Haller - both signed by Manuel Pellegrini - fail to live up to expectations, the Hammers boss has recently been shopping in the second tier.

His first signing back at the London Stadium was Jarred Bowen from Hull, who's scored eight goals and laid on five assists in 34 Premier League appearances, following his arrival last January.

Meanwhile, Craig Dawson and Said Benrahma have come in from Watford and Brentford respectively, whilst Czech Republic duo Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal have both flourished since joining from Slavia Prague.

Then there's January signing, Jesse Lingard, who's been in tremendous form, but McAvennie lauded Moyes' work in the Championship in particular.

He told Football FanCast:

"The best thing that is happening now is that David Moyes is buying the players. I'm not saying the chairman doesn't do the deal, but David Moyes identifies the players that he wants, and he's got a good eye for a player.

"I think there's a lot of wonderful players in the Championship.

"There's a lot of players doing great in the Championship that you would look at and go 'he wouldn’t do it in the Premier League,' but David has done well picking out the ones he has, and I can't see him changing that."