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Alex Ferguson has criticized David Moyes for sacking Mike Phelan when he took over at Manchester United in 2013, accusing his successor of needing to prove his 鈥渕anhood鈥 by making 鈥渃ounter-productive鈥 changes.
In his new book 鈥楲eading鈥, Ferguson also describes how United had Pep Guardiola in mind as a possible managerial replacement following the Scot鈥檚 retirement.
鈥淲e chose David Moyes. He had been consistent in his job at Everton, had a good spell there, 11 years, and showed appetite,鈥 Ferguson wrote. 鈥淚鈥檓 sure there are things David would do differently if he had the opportunity. Such as keeping Mick Phelan (Ferguson鈥檚 assistant) who would have been the invaluable guide to the many layers of the club that (No. 2) Ryan Giggs is to Louis van Gaal today.
鈥淭here is no point suddenly changing routines that players are comfortable with. It is counter-productive, saps morale and immediately provokes players to question the new man鈥檚 motives,鈥 added United鈥檚 longest-serving manager Ferguson.
鈥淎 leader who arrives in a new setting, or inherits a big role, needs to curb the impulse to display his manhood.鈥
Moyes鈥 reign lasted less than a year but Ferguson has backed Van Gaal to succeed, citing the Dutchman鈥檚 record.
鈥淟ouis has got a great background with Bayern Munich and Barcelona. He鈥檚 got the pedigree,鈥 Ferguson told Sky Sports.
鈥淗e鈥檚 got the experience. He knows how to handle these things.鈥
Ferguson added that current Bayern Munich coach Guardiola passed up the chance to become United manager by turning down a request to call him. 鈥淚 asked Pep to phone me before he accepted an offer from another club (after leaving Barcelona) but he didn鈥檛 and wound up joining Bayern Munich in July 2013,鈥 he wrote. 鈥淲hen we started the process of looking for my replacement we established that several very desirable candidates were unavailable.
鈥淚t became apparent Jose Mourinho had given his word to (owner) Roman Abramovich that he would return to Chelsea and that Carlo Ancelotti would succeed him at Real Madrid.
鈥淲e also knew Juergen Klopp was happy at Borussia Dortmund and would be signing a new contract. Meantime, Louis van Gaal had undertaken to lead the Dutch attempt to win the 2014 World Cup.鈥
Other revelations in the book include the disclosure that Ferguson considered a move for Mario Balotelli in 2010, only to be dissuaded by his contacts in Italy.
鈥淚n 2010, I briefly flirted with the idea of signing Mario Balotelli, the talented but controversial Italian striker,鈥 Ferguson said. 鈥淚 did my homework on him, speaking to a few Italian contacts, but the feedback I got confirmed it was too big a risk.鈥
Balotelli subsequently joined Manchester City from Inter Milan, returning to Italy for a second spell at AC Milan this year following a disappointing season with Liverpool.
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