West Ham boss David Moyes has defended captain Mark Noble after he posted to social media last week he was 'sad, angry and disappointed' that academy graduate Grady Diangana had been sold.
The winger left for West Bromwich in a £18m deal.
Moyes said: "It showed a real togetherness with the players and what Grady meant to the players and the club. Mark has been in that situation for about 20 years and he just showed how he felt.
"I was disappointed to see Grady go, but I understand.
"I think that was down to spending on Jarrod Bowen and Tomas Soucek in January. We might have spent a lot of our summer budget in the January window to keep us up."
