David Moyes names club he wants to copy at West Ham but can't because of Premier League pressure

David Moyes has revealed that in an ideal world he would love to follow the Red Bull model for player recruitment and development.

During Moyes' spells out of management, the West Ham boss took time to study how the Red Bull model works across a number of leagues and continents.

The flagship Red Bull team is RB Leipzig who compete in the German Bundesliga and were in the Champions League group stages earlier this season. The RB group are heavily involved in a number of sports and have eight football clubs affiliated to their organisation including RB Salzburg, New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Bragatino, Red Bull Ghana, Red Bull Brasil and FC Liefering.

"I have been really impressed with the Red Bull model with the amount of young players they produce," Moyes told .

"It is like a conveyor belt where they buy really young but quite expensive players. Whether they go on to play for Salzburg or Leipzig or the Red Bull team in New York, Brazil or in Africa. I think their model in how they have done it, and they're not necessarily going and buying all the top superstars they are bringing in talented young players from all different parts of the world.

"Maybe the bit I don't know is they might bring in 100 players and only two make the grade but I just saw the Red Bull model and if you look at our country at the moment [there are] a lot of clubs who are not following it exactly but there are clubs who are looking at it."

Moyes admits that the model is probably not one West Ham can follow right now with the club needing to bring in players who can produce instantly rather than be developed, although he would like a mix of youth and experience in his recruitment strategy.

"There's a balance between them. Ideally, we would all like