The stunning XI that Man Utd could have lined up with under David Moyes

David Moyes has taken his tenure at Manchester United as a major source of learning.

The West Ham United boss was given the impossible task of stepping into Sir Alex Ferguson’s shoes in 2013, duly drawing the curtain on a wildly successful 11 years with Everton.

And while it’s no secret that things didn’t work out for Moyes across just 10 months at Old Trafford, the experience of taking on such a high-profile job has nevertheless made him an even better coach.

During a fascinating appearance on the High Performance Podcast, the 58-year-old looked back on his spell at United with an admirable level of self-awareness, intelligence and reflection.

Nevertheless, Moyes was still happy to admit that there would have been certain things that he would have done differently if he could go back in time and take the reins at United all over again.

The Scotsman remarked while chatting to Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes: “I felt that keeping at least one or two of Sir Alex’s staff would have been really important, which I did try and do.

“In the end, it didn’t quite work that way. I tried to add Ryan Giggs, Phil Neville, people who had experience.

“But me going into Manchester United, if I could fix it and go back, I needed Rene Meulensteen to stay or Mike Phelan to stay. I’ve admitted and said that. If I got that opportunity again, that’s what I would do.”

And no doubt another great source of ‘what could have been?’ for Moyes during his time at the ‘Theatre of Dreams’ would be what United could, and perhaps should, have achieved in the transfer market.

While the winter purchase of Juan Mata was undoubtedly a coup, there’s no denying that Moyes’ sole summer transfer window at the reins of Old Trafford was an incredibly