Barry Fry insists that David Moyes is the perfect manager for West Ham United after signing his new contract at the club.

The Scot was linked with a potential return to Everton throughout the summer as the Toffees searched for a replacement for Carlo Ancelotti after his exit to Everton.

He has now committed his future to the club, though, for at least another three years after a sensational season in which they sealed qualification to the Europa League with a sixth-placed finish.

Fry says he was actually with Moyes when he was approached to take the job for a second time and says he was excited to have the opportunity to again manage the Irons.

He previously kept them in the Premier League despite genuine fears of relegation and has now developed the club into European contenders.

The Irons even knocked on the door for Champions League football and Fry believes that Moyes is building something in east London, to the delight of the Irons hierarchy.

Speaking exclusively to Football FanCast, he said: “You can look back and say 'well they got rid of David before when he’d done a good job so he could be a little bit upset with that', but I was there the night they approached him and he couldn’t wait to come from the north to the south to take up the job again because he loved his first time at West Ham.

“He’s even loved this time a lot better because he’s been more successful but I think David Moyes is building for the future of West Ham. I think West Ham want him as leader of the pack, they like his ideas, they like his philosophy.”