As Manchester United’s struggles continue under new manager David Moyes, further reports have surfaced that Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti had been Sir Alex Ferguson’s first choice to succeed him at Old Trafford.
Currently languishing 15 points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea in 6th position the club suffered further embarrassment on Tuesday night falling to a 2-0 defeat to Greek side Olympiakos in the first leg of their Champions League Last 16 tie.
While rumours had circulated after Ferguson’s retirement in May that the former AC Milan coach had been lined up to replace him Sky Sport Italia have revealed that the pair met for dinner as Ferguson attempted to convince him to takeover, but Ancelotti declined as he had already agreed in principle to join Real Madrid.
In contrast to Moyes’ start in Manchester the 54-year-old has steered Real to top of the La Liga table where they sit three points ahead of neighbours Atletico Madrid and eternal rivals Barcelona.
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I’ve said before that Moyes is NOT and will NEVER good enough to be the manager at Manchester United. And if there is any person to be blamed for United’s failure this seaon, it’s got to be SAF really.
Moyes is NOT the fan choice. He’s won absolutely NOTHING at Everton for 11 years. He’s NOT a winning manager. He’s a loosing manager. Moyes’s become UNited manager just because SAF really.
There is NO excuse for SAF to say now that his first choice was Anclotti. If the report said to be true that SAF decided to leave the club since December 2013, by that time, both of 2 top class managers like Pep and Mourinho were still available. If not, Klopp (Dortmund)is still a much better choice than Moyes.