Moyes couldn't get his head past his former Everton players and Fabregas at Barca. Tiago went to Bayern because Moyes wasn't sure about him. Strootman was another Fergie target that Moyes vetoed.Moyes said more-or-less exactly the same thing in 2013 - agents were apparently calling us up, desperate to get their players into the club. In reality, this happened:
Transfer deadline day humiliation left Old Trafford club looking indecisive and ill-informed and supporters wanting answers
https://amp.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/sep/03/manchester-united-david-moyes-transfer-window
Champions of England but United were left a laughing stock in the transfer window with Moyes missing out on his top targets
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...ted-summer-2013-transfer-window-disaster.html
The problem was that Moyes suffered from tunnel vision and we missed out on some cracking players.