Louis van Gaal: Man Utd boss deserves more time - David Moyes
Former Manchester United boss David Moyes says the club should stand by under-pressure manager Louis van Gaal.
Van Gaal's side have
slipped out of the Premier League's top four and exited the Champions League
during a run of eight games without a win.
"What Manchester
United stand for is that they keep their managers, they've always supported
their managers," Moyes told BT Sport's Clare Balding Show.
"They don't want
to become a club which continuously changes their manager."
Moyes took over as
United boss from Sir Alex Ferguson in the summer of 2013 but was dismissed
after just 10 months in charge.
Van Gaal was appointed
as Moyes' replacement at Old Trafford in May 2014.
"I hope they
stick with Louis van Gaal, he deserves more time," said Moyes, who was sacked by Spanish club Real Sociedad in November.
"It's still a
work in progress for him, he's made some signings and from my experience in
Spain it will take time for players from abroad to settle in. So, I think they
should stick with it."
Moyes was sacked by United in April 2014 with
the club seventh in the Premier League with four games of the league season
remaining.
"My understanding
was that I was going to a club which always looked after their managers, even
when they were in trouble and it wasn't going well, you got your time to sort
things out," said Moyes.
"I was under that
illusion when I was there. I had a great group of players - they had recently
won the Premier League under Sir Alex.
"But it was going
to take time for that to change, evolve and of course there was going to have
to be a changeover of players in time. It couldn't be done in 10 months."
On the subject of
whether he would take the Old Trafford managerial job again, he added: "Of
course I would. There are very few managers in the world who wouldn't want to
manage Manchester United."
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