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David Moyes exclusive: I am ready to return to football after my Manchester United nightmare
Ready to move on: David Moyes has learnt from Manchester United heartache and is ready to return to football management
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By
Jason Burt
11:00PM BST 11 Oct 2014
Former Man Utd manager has open mind on next managerial position but will wait for right job
David Moyes is ready to return to football and believes he is “better-equipped” as a manager after his turbulent spell at
Manchester United.
Moyes was sacked in April after less than 10 months in charge of United, having spent more than a decade establishing his reputation at Everton as one of the most sought-after British managers. But the Scot believes the next club to employ him will feel the benefit of what happened and is ready to make his comeback, possibly at a foreign club.
“I’m ready to go,” Moyes said in an exclusive interview with Telegraph Sport. “I’ve no time-scale. I’m enjoying the break but I’m a football man and I want to work. I feel my best years are ahead of me and I do feel I am still a young manager. I’ve lots to learn and lots I want to put into practice.”
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“I think I am better-equipped to take over a job like Manchester United now than even when I did take over because I’ve had a chance to see what happens, what goes on,” Moyes explained.
“I felt I was ready when I left Everton but obviously when you get in you see things and you realise that experience and knowledge you can only get from being in the job. But unfortunately I only got nine months.”
Moyes, 51, added that he is, nevertheless, in “no rush” to return to work and will wait for the right opportunity.
“Picking my next job is vitally important, I’m well aware of that,” he admitted. “I’ve an open mind as to what it will be and where it will be - if it’s in the Premier League or in the UK, that’s fine.
“But if it’s abroad then I’m okay with that. I have always been an advocate of players and coaches going abroad if that’s the right opportunity. It doesn’t happen, not enough anyway.
“You look at how well Terry Venables did in Spain and how well Bobby Robson did - they are up there with the great managers and both had periods working in Europe. One of the reasons why I wanted to be part of the League Managers Association was because I felt there were an awful lot of foreign coaches coming into these shores but we were not exporting enough British talent.
“It’s good that we have good managers like Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger in this country but I think we should be trying to send out some of our managers to other countries to help not just the development of themselves but the leagues over here. It can enhance their careers. So I’ve an open mind on where I go next.”
