David Moyes admits he was wrong to sack Mike Phelan during his brief time at Man United
DAVID MOYES has admitted he was wrong to sack Mike Phelan at Manchester United.
The Scot dispensed with the long-serving No 2 when he replaced Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013.
David Moyes admits he was wrong to sack Mike Phelan at Manchester UnitedGetty ImagesThe duo will go head to head as Sunderland face HullPA:Press Association
Many feel that coaching clear-out — with Rene Meulensteen and Eric Steele also leaving — was a big reason why the now Black Cats manager lasted just ten months at United.
And Moyes tends to agree, admitting: “Looking back, Mike Phelan would have been a really strong person to have kept at the club.
“It’s gone now, but I think it is something I would have looked at differently. It was tough to dispense with Mick.
“But I had to make my own decision on my own team, just as Louis van Gaal went with his own team and Jose Mourinho brought in his.
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“For everyone who said ‘keep the staff’ there were people who said ‘you have to take your own people’.”
Moyes does not think there will be any hard feelings when Phelan’s Hull visit today.
He added: “Mick knows it was nothing personal.
“I can understand why people are interested in the fact we are coming up against each other as managers this weekend, but there is no grudge.”
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