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Everton manager David Moyes has insisted he needed time to make things work at Manchester United ahead of his return to Old Trafford on Monday evening.
Moyes’ doomed United tenure
When Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Moyes was given the unenviable responsibility of replacing the legendary Scot.
Sir Alex has hand-picked Moyes as his successor. He started working at the club in July 2013 but only lasted just under 10 months as he was sacked in April 2024.
Moyes took charge of 51 matches, winning 27, losing 15 and drawing 19.
Some notable low points from his time at United include first home league defeats to Everton and West Brom, a first home league defeat to Newcastle since 1972, and 3–0 defeats to bitter rivals Manchester City and Liverpool in the same week in March 2014.
Now back at Everton, Moyes is guiding the club through something of a revival. As the Toffees headed to the Theater of Dreams on Monday, the 62-year-old has openly reflected on his difficult time in charge of United.
Moyes looks back
He said [as quoted by Yahoo Sport]“When I took the job, I always thought it wouldn’t be resolved quickly.”
“Not long after I went in, I saw that it was going to take some time. I think you also have to remember that it wasn’t just about the strength of United. It was about the strength of other teams; Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal were all incredibly strong.”
“They were all rebuilding and bringing in more and more. So I think those clubs played as big a role in that as anyone else, that their quality was or became higher and higher.”
On United’s frequent changes in the dugout, he commented: “That wasn’t the history of Manchester United [one of change]. Manchester United had a great culture.”
“They stuck with their managers, they brought in their own boys from the academy. They actually had some of the best attributes of what you would want from your club: good values.”
Moyes continued: “Sir Alex had great values at Manchester United and over the years the values he set took some time to come through. They were always a club with brilliant values with an understanding of taking their young players through and developing them in the right way.”
United vs. Everton starts at 8 p.m.
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