Are you sure? To most of us Rooney was finished, certainly at the top level anyway, yet he got a new 5 year contract(and it's far too easy to blame David Moyes for that), then van Gaal with his my Captain always plays line ....
I'm sorry but I totally blame Moyes for that. Sir Alex paved the road for Rooney's departure in his final post match interview, all Moyes had to do was sell him and he wouldn't have heard a peep out of united fans, instead the man decides that the press and fans would have pillored him if he didn't bury his previous Everton "beef" with Rooney. So to prove that Rooney was ok with him he hands him a new contract.
Moyes couldn't really win with Rooney, he'd be damned if he sold him, he'd be damned if made peace and offered him a new contract, and for a lot of fans he'd be damned whichever decision he made.
Yeah Rooney was definitely finished by 2012. I honestly think if SAF stayed and wanted to sell him the board would not have intervened. Moyes was always in awe of Rooney, LVG honestly don’t know why but I’d guess to not piss off the media as he was still a media darling, and Jose got rid of him no problems.
I think keeping Rooney was, like getting rid of SAF backroom staff, Moyes way of trying to show he was his own man. Maybe he thought he could reignite something in Rooney.
If you Google things, you see that since his u-turn in 2002 he always talked about three more years. In 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012... I doubt it was ever some sort of blueprint. After our struggles in 2001/02 (though I never accepted that it was due to his impending retirement) he was always going to be keeping everyone guessing. And telling porkies was never a problem for him.
Yeah once he had beaten Sir Bobby Charlton's goal scoring record, but up until then it felt as though the club put everything else on hold until he achieved it.
That's as likely to be true as any of the nonsense i've come out with
Who do you think appointed his successor? Have you read how it came about when Moyes got hired? Fergie called him to his house and told him he would be the next United manager, simple as that. If you think Fergie was not the mastermind behind Moyes hiring, then you know nothing.
Buddy, you need to re-read what I wrote. I did say he fecked up by "Not being able to persuade". I totally understand the Spanish connection at City. They have been planning a long time back, something we seem to be severely lacking.That is not correct. SAF wrote in his book that he personally asked Pep to come to United, in 2012, when Pep was lounging in NY, but Txiki Begiristain was already at City and Pep wasn't gonna go anywhere else. The writing was on the wall. Moyes was suggested after Pep declined. You can read more here: https://www.espn.com/soccer/manches...uson-says-he-approached-pep-guardiola-in-2012
As for Klopp - no idea if anybody approached him, but granted in 2012 Klopp was not as known as he is now, and he may not have been on the radar of many. The list of obvious choices before Klopp was much longer, back then.
Hahahahah! Good one
Correct, good memory!
I said he shouldn’t have that responsibility and if he did, is not his fault but the fault of his bosses.
It was Fergie to called Moyes to visit him at his house. The appointment of Moyes was all down to Fergie. The board would not have any choice other than to back him. Not saying the board would have done any better if it was left up to them as they have shown time and again.
Sounds good. Sorry for misreading what you meant
