As featured on NewsNow: Football news

Meulensteen: Moyes wrong to clearout Man Utd backroom team

Former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen says David Moyes was wrong to clearout the previous backroom team.

Speaking to US radio station SiriusXM, Meulensteen insisted that Moyes should have stuck to the winning formula established by Sir Alex Ferguson and resisted the temptation to make changes.

He said: "It became evident to me after a few meetings with David Moyes about the upcoming season that he wanted to bring his own people in and do things in own way, and I felt very strongly that things would change dramatically for myself so I couldn't carry on.

"You have to look at a club like Manchester United and the job David Moyes took on as the exception and the rule. United are a very successful team with many successful years behind them. The strategies in place worked.

"One of the massive qualities Sir Alex Ferguson had was to surround himself with experienced people but, more importantly to delegate to them. You can only do that if you can trust those people around you, and Sir Alex Ferguson did that. It created a lot of time and space for him on a daily basis."

 For breaking stories and all the great banter like us on Facebook: facebook.com/tribalfootball

Video of the day:

About the author

Tribal Football Staff

×

Subscribe and go ad-free

For only $10 a year

  1. Go Ad-Free
  2. Faster site experience
  3. Support great writing
  4. Subscribe now
Launch Offer: 2 months free
×

Subscribe and go ad-free

For only $10 a year

Subscribe now
Launch Offer: 2 months free