LONDON: David Moyes will steer Manchester United out of their current slump, former manager Alex Ferguson believes, although should he fail there will be no return for Britain’s most successful manager.
Ferguson’s successor has endured a rocky opening to his reign at Old Trafford with the club suffering its worst start in the league since 1989 when Ferguson himself was under pressure to start stocking the trophy cabinet.
A 1-1 draw at Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Wednesday was an encouraging sign for Moyes after back-to-back defeats in the Premier League, and Ferguson said his faith in the former Everton manager will be vindicated.
“Moyes will do a good job for United, I’m confident of that,” Ferguson said in a TV interview picked up by British papers on Thursday.
“He was my choice to succeed me and I’m still absolutely behind him 100 percent.” (Reuters)