10 Stages Of Realisation That David Moyes Is Not The Right Man For Man Utd

By Joseph Dempsey /

7. A Dire Summer Transfer Window

A belated start to the job, a hit-and-miss pre-season and enormous changes in the backroom were swiftly followed by a woefully inadequate transfer window for Manchester United in the summer of 2013. David Moyes was linked with several big-hitters, such as Cest Fabregas, Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Leighton Baines, but in the end, his only acquisition was Marouane Fellaini. Fellaini, who played for Moyes at Everton, cost the champions a grossly-excessive £27.5 million - a figure that makes you pale when you note United bid £28 million for BOTH Fellaini and Baines prior. This breath-taking naivety raised more than a few eyebrows and Moyes's calamitous summer was compounded when a bid for Ander Herrera was foiled by fake lawyers.