David Moyes was Alex Ferguson's second choice to take over from him in the dugout at Manchester United at the end of the season. That's the version of events according to Portuguese paper 'Record', who have published today that the job was initially offered to José Mourinho.
true or not, am going to tweet this and spread it out there, just for the LOLZ
Mourinho to Moyes? Are you sure there aren't several other candidates in between them who said "no" as well?
Source is AS which means they probably saw a fan tweet a desire/speculation and said it was legit. Some of their articles even quote Sun as credible sources....
i think short-term mou was the right man.
Long term though, Moyes for sure.
Moyes believes in a youth setup, did well with limited funds can only do better with a bigger budget. knows how to manage players. isn't controversial. also he has proven that he can build new teams over and over and still succeed.
you look at managers like mou, bought a team at chelsa, won a lot, left before the cycle ended and he needed to build a new team. same at inter and madrid. pep at barca, tweaked one good side and made them unstoppable and then left instead of waiting to build a new team. phase out old players and bring in new ones. moyes proved he is capable of doing this and i think thats a strong quality to have in football.
would united fans have preferred mourinho, maybe quite a few. are we disappointed we got moyes, i know im not. will support him fully. but if he brings the club to a point where liverpool is now, there will be a problem.