"Ellis and the board want me to stay", he said after being asked if there had been a decision on his future. "And I think every single Sunderland supporter knew a rebuild was needed".
"I know what needs to be done to get back in the Premier League and I know what the requirements are to do that".
One man who may not be at Sunderland next season - and not because Moyes does not want him - is Pickford. We were happy to put in that performance and it's nice to get a win.
"To score five against this team is very good and it is an important result for the mini-league fight that we are in for places in the top four", Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said. That support has been there not just over the course of this season, but for a number of years.
"It is too many things in one afternoon for one team like us to happen with our players - not only because we don't play well, it is clear to me, but all the things is too many things for our team".
"Right from the start we said it looked like there was a rebuilding job to be done".
The right back silenced the home fans with a diving header which went in off the far post after central defender John O'Shea flicked a George Honeyman corner into his path.
And the World Cup victor showed his aerial strength again when rising above Phil Jagielka to meet the excellent Jordan Ayew's far-post cross.
Antonio Conte insists players won't party yet
Commitment and hard work are buzzwords for the 47-year-old Conte but he urged his players to enjoy their moment. Now Conte is on course for a double, with the Blues facing Arsenal in the FA Cup final on May 27.
However, the Scotsman appears intent on sticking it out at the Stadium of Light with a view to steering the club to promotion.
"Jermain Defoe has a clause in his contract so it's possible [that he will leave]", Moyes told a news conference ahead of Saturday's match away to Hull, who are still fighting to avoid the drop.
"I came to a part of the country where, I was led to believe, that was the way people wanted speaking to". I think the Everton win was a game-changer. Despite the Black Cats being relegated this season, Pickford has excelled with his performances and been called up to the England national team by Gareth Southgate, though he has yet to make his debut for the Three Lions.
"As a manager you're always auditioning in football - the old cliché of being as good as your last game - but Garry's passed the test this season and passed it with flying colours".
"Wouldn't Sunderland's best interests be served by a line-up of those players most likely to still be at the club next season?"
Abel Hernandez was denied an equaliser by Jordan Pickford's superb save and Jermain Defoe steered in from an offside position to add to Hull's misery two minutes into stoppage time.
"We can only lose the ones who are out of contract".
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