David Moyes says he can envisage Manuel Lanzini playing deeper as the season progresses, switching from a No.10 to a more traditional central midfielder.
Lanzini has been one of the more creative players in the West Ham United squad since arriving from Al-Jazira in 2016.
The Argentinian has 27 assists and 30 goals in 211 appearances but while he's been used behind the forward for most of his time in east London, Moyes has started to use him more centrally of late.
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Using a past performance against Burnley in the Premier League as an example of Lanzini performing deeper, the Scot did challenge the 29-year-old to contribute more goals and assists if he is to feature more in his new position.
"I actually think it is where he is a better player now. I think if you remember when we played Burnley a couple of years ago, he played really well up at Burnley, I think he played really well," Moyes told football.london.
"We had Tomas (Soucek) or Declan (Rice) out, I think it was Declan out, he played alongside Tomas that night. He played really well as a central midfield player.
"I actually think at the moment, that is where he is better playing, behind the ball rather than maybe a bit ahead of the ball. I would still play him in both positions, but I just see him maybe playing a little bit better from deeper now.
"He’s been great for the club and he’s been really good for me in his time here. I like him as a player, I really do like him, but we’ve got lots of players in the competition. We need him to start coming up with some goals for us and create some assists as well."
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