David Moyes: 'I can handle Manchester United pressure'

David Moyes has insisted that he will be able to cope being under the spotlight at Manchester United.

The Scot was named on Thursday as the man to replace manager Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford once the latter retires from football in the summer.

Moyes believes that he can handle the pressure of his new job and compares it to the jump he made from second-tier Preston North End to Everton in March 2002.

"When you're a young man, you want to try to be near the top as much as you can. I think Everton have had a lot of glare. When I came in here, I was a young manager, and because of that, there was a lot of glare on me then," Moyes told ESPN. "When I walked in here, I thought: 'There are millions in here,' because it was more than what I was used to at Preston.

"You just have to keep yourself focused, maintain your own belief and keep moving on. Sometimes you have to shut yourself off and keep doing what you think is right.I'll try to do that. I remember when I came to Everton, I thought: 'Am I going to keep doing all the same things I did at Preston? What am I going to do? How am I going to take it on?'

"And you develop. Everybody develops at different stages. And I thought: 'Yeah, I will.' I hope in the future, I'll continue to be the same guy as I am, and I hope that whatever the future brings me, I won't change."

Everton host West Ham United on Sunday.