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“Some managers are doing great jobs with the resources they have and David Moyes has been unbelievable,” said Ferguson. “I put him in the top six because what he’s done at Everton has been quite miraculous,air max Australia.”
The relationship between the two Glaswegians has always had a paternal quality. In moving to Old Trafford, Moyes simply replaces the speed dial with a dash upstairs to the directors&rsquo,Mulberry handbags; box.
Moyes is affable away from the pressure of match day, but like Ferguson,sac chanel pas cher, he does not suffer fools or prima donnas. He is tuned in to every facet of modern footballing trends while harbouring a healthy contempt for anyone carrying the menace of being patronising of either him or his team’s attributes.
In an era when football managers can increasingly sound like gurus who could be life-coaches at a health spa if they had not earned their Uefa badges, Moyes, like Ferguson, marries traditional with contemporary.
This is a destiny fulfilled. He began his coaching courses at the age of 22. By the 1998 World Cup he was shadowing international managers equipped with his notepad.
Having initially been an assistant at Preston, that was also the year he was promoted to his first managerial position.
He could have joined Ferguson after one season at Deepdale. The United manager interviewed him in 1999 for the assistant’s job he gave to Steve McClaren, Moyes later said he may have appeared too intense during interview.
Preston thrived, winning promotion to the old Division One - now the Championship - before missing out on the Premier League via the play-offs in 2001.
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Ask Moyes to define his playing style now and he will be suspicious of the question. He admitted as much at a coaching seminar in Gleneagles five years ago, with Ferguson and former Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier sitting alongside him.
“What is your football philosophy?&rdquo,lunettes oakley; the trio were asked.
Ferguson spoke about his preference for two speedy wingers. Houllier emphasised the need for power and pace.
Moyes shuffled uncomfortably for a moment before keeping it simple. “I just want to win,” he said.
There is no Moyes dogma as such, other than to adapt to whatever circumstances are thrust upon you. He has never had the resources of Manchester United before.
Moyes’ credentials in youth development have also been emphasised by his new employers.
Wayne Rooney and Jack Rodwell have been Everton’s headline revenue-makers, but look out for Kieran Dowell and Ryan Ledson soon. United want Moyes to sprinkle magic dust over their Academy.
Moyes lost a key recruiting scout, Mick Doherty, to Chelsea last year, so expect him to try to get him back north. In Martin Waldron, Everton also have one of the most coveted schoolboy development chiefs in the Premier League. Moyes leaves an infrastructure at Goodison and will enhance what exists at the same level at Old Trafford.
In truth, the apprenticeship ended years ago for David Moyes, but in becoming Manchester United manager his full graduation is complete. Now he must add the honours.
