Moyes: United is my team now

DAVID Moyes has reiterated he could not have turned down Manchester United as he prepares to face Everton for the first time since making the move from Goodison Park to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson.

It is sure to be a strange evening for the Scot, not least because his old club look to end a 21–year wait for a win at United having been guided into a higher league position than their North–West rivals by Moyes' successor Roberto Martinez.

But he wouldn’t have it any other way: “I don’t think anyone would have turned it down. The opportunity was too big. Obviously I have fond memories. You don’t just throw 11 years away.

“But I have had to divorce myself from it. United is my team now and all my concentration has been on them.”

Moyes’ status on Merseyside should have been secure. But Everton chairman Bill Kenwright was unhappy at United’s conduct and many Everton fans voiced their opposition to Moyes.

In hindsight, Moyes admits the move might have been handled differently: “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.”