Jose Mourinho takes a dig at David Moyes as the latter had earlier said that he was not given enough time to justify his appointment.
David Moyes was appointed following Alex Ferguson’s retirement after coaching Manchester United for more than 25 years. Moyes had a disastrous spell with the Red Devils as under his guidance United finished in a dismal seventh place in that season. Moyes was shown the door after just 10 months at the helm and later went on to manage Real Sociedad.
Moyes returned to Old Trafford for the first time since his sacking when Manchester United beat Sunderland on the Boxing Day.
Mourinho said that with the likes of Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Javier Hernandez in the squad that time, he would have been delighted if he had the chance to replace Sir Alex Ferguson.
The 53-year-old said, “I wouldn’t mind to be at a club with great expectations but to have Ryan Giggs and Chicharito [Javier Hernández] and I think [Nemanja] Vidic still in the team, [Patrice] Evra. I wouldn’t mind.
“I don’t feel it as a burden. I feel the great history of the club as only a positive thing and not negative things. The problem is if you have the conditions to follow that success of history and then that’s a different story.
“Probably when David came the situation was not so easy, not so easy to go in that winning direction. At the same time – I think this is even more important – the Premier League was changing.”
