'Guardiola would have suffered the same' — Inside David Moyes' sacking at Man United eight years on

Today marks the eighth anniversary since David Moyes was sacked by Manchester United, cutting short his spell as manager after just 10 months, with the announcement coming at 8.30am on 22nd April, 2014. It's fair to say both United and Moyes have been on a rollercoaster journey ever since.

After Moyes was unceremoniously dumped by United less than a year into the unenviable task of replacing Sir Alex Ferguson, it looked as though he had been consigned to the managerial scrapheap after suffering failure after failure. A short spell in La Liga with Real Sociedad did not go well; his time at Sunderland was a nightmare, as he oversaw their relegation to the Championship (they've still not managed to get back), while United have been through four managers since (six if you include caretakers Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick).

Moyes' managerial reprieve came after his time at Sunderland when West Ham came calling the next season, in need of saving from relegation. He achieved his objective but obviously didn't impress enough while doing so as he wasn't offered an extension to his six-month deal and the Hammers brought in Manuel Pellegrini instead.

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Moyes had been given three jobs since leaving Old Trafford with success ranging from moderate to utter calamity. It looked as though his days at the top table were over as he was tarred with the same brush as other managers for whom the game had passed by: Tony Pulis, Alan Pardew, Sam Allardyce and the like.

So eyebrows were raised rather high when 18 months later West Ham hired Moyes once again — but this time everything changed. After guiding them away from relegation again in his first half-season, in