Manchester United manager David Moyes has revealed the conversation he had with Everton chairman Bill Kenwright just as he left Goodison Park for Old Trafford in the Summer.
Moyes left The Toffees after more than a decade in charge of the Merseyside club and started his career in Manchester after replacing retiring Sir Alex Ferguson.
As soon as he was at United, Moyes then went back to Everton to try and sign their two star-men, Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines, however, he only succeeded in signing one, and that was Fellaini.
Speaking ahead of his return to Goodison Park, Moyes has admitted that he told Kenwright that he would be after some of the players.
“Once I got the United job I discussed it with Bill near enough immediately,” said the Scotsman.
“I said that there would be some players I would be interested in.
“Bill was well aware of it but obviously it was always going to be a difficult thing when it actually came to it.”
“There were bits of it I would have liked to have done better but there were also bits of it as a whole I think could have been done better,” he said.
“That is football. I speak with Bill Kenwright regularly. We both knew that this would happen but it is never that easy.
“But time moves on as well.
“Life is too short to hold any grudges.
“I had a great working relationship with Bill and the board of directors there and that is the way it remains.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
