Manchester United manager David Moyes has revealed that he feels lucky to have worked with owners that don’t believe that firing solves everything.
Five Premier League managers have already lost their jobs this season and Andre Villas-Boas has become the latest victim at White Hart Lane, despite only spending just over a year at the helm.
Moyes, who enjoyed a decade with Everton, hasn’t got off to the best of starts with his new club, but he still has no fears of losing his job, and he has admitted today that he feels lucky to work with owners that don’t see firing as the only solution.
“It makes me realise how lucky I have been at the clubs I have been at,” said Moyes.
“I worked for great people at Preston, great people at Everton and my short experience at Manchester United tells me I am working for really good people here.
“Maybe some of the other managers haven’t been as fortunate as I have.
“The best clubs have had stability over the years, if you look at Arsene Wenger the stability he’s given Arsenal Football Club. I look at Sir Alex Ferguson and the stability he gave Manchester United and even to my own extent what happened at Everton Football Club.”
“I think the clubs who have given managers that time have benefited. Obviously the owner and the chairmen of those clubs have to make the decision they want and they’ll have their own reasons,” he said.
“I can only say that I’ve found it, even over the years, Bryan Clough and Bobby Robson when they got 12/13 years at Ipswich or Notts Forest as manager, it’s getting less and less that you see that in football.
“Maybe the more we see it it might help clubs gain that control and stability, and in turn mean they’re not hiring and firing managers quite so often.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
