David Moyes says he “would take” the Manchester United manager’s job again, and has offered his backing to Louis van Gaal.
Moyes endured a difficult spell as successor to Sir Alex Ferguson from May 2013 to April 2014, taking United from Premier League champions to 7th in the space of less than a full season.
Speaking on The Clare Balding Show on BT Sport, the Scot was asked whether he regretted leaving Everton in 2013 to take the job. Moyes replied: “I wouldn’t have done anything different.
“I would have only done it different if I’d known it was 10 months instead of 6 years,” added Moyes, in his favourite personal quote of the past two years.
“My understanding was that I was going to a club which always looked after their managers, even when they were in trouble and it wasn’t going well, you got your time to sort things out. I was under that illusion when I was there.
“I had a great group of players they had recently won the Premier League under Sir Alex, but it was going to take time for that to change, evolve and of course there was going to have to be a changeover of players in time, but it couldn’t be done in 10 months,” he continued.
“Would I take the job again? Of course I would. There are very few managers in the world who wouldn’t want to manage Manchester United.
“After Sir Alex the job was going to be very difficult. It was going to take time to rebuild, it was a rebuilding job at Manchester United.
“You’ve got to remember David Gill left, he was a big influence at Manchester United. I think even what Manchester United stand for, is they keep their managers, they’ve always supported their managers.”
Moyes then offered support to current United incumbent Van Gaal, who is struggling as the side flounder in 5th.
“I hope they stick with Louis Van Gaal, he deserves more time,” the Scot said. “It’s still a work in progress for him, he’s made some signings. From my experience in Spain it will take time for players from abroad to settle in.
“I think they should stick with it. They don’t want to become a club which continuously changes their manager.”
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