Rio Ferdinand has opened up about how David Moyes' methods differed from Sir Alex Ferguson's during his short spell as Manchester United manager
The long-standing Everton boss faced the daunting task of replacing the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013. Moyes’ stay at Old Trafford was brief, lasting until April after the reigning Premier League champions dropped to seventh in the table.
“I remember David Moyes said, ‘I don’t do that – you are just not playing – whoever that is, I’m not explaining myself to anybody if you want to come see me, come see me Monday’. He was like ‘This is what I am, this is what I’m doing’ and you respect that, but sometimes it’s a squad game, and the squad wins you everything, it isn’t just the starting 11.”
“I went and saw the gaffer around Christmas time for a coffee, he asked to see me – just asking what’s going on,” he said. “And I was like – it’s not going – we are not winning games; you know what I mean so you just say what’s on the tin. But the gaffer obviously wanted him to do well, the way he spoke to me was like, he was gutted with the way things were panning out.
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