Former Sunderland boss David Moyes has revealed that he regrets having agreed to become manager of the club last season.
Under the guidance of Moyes, the Black Cats finished last on the Premier League standings after claiming just six wins and 24 points.
All in all, the club went on to lose 28 out of the 43 games that the former Manchester United and Everton manager led them in. Moyes has since admitted that he regrets taking the job and that the club he led did not have the quality to compete in the Premier League.
He said, “It was a tough season. Not what I expected. And it was disappointing because I wasn’t able to get the results that maybe in years gone by I would have done. But I think there were mitigating circumstances.
“It was a squad that was not at Premier League level. And a squad that had been beaten up a few times and come very close to relegation before. It needed refreshing, but it wasn’t possible because of the finances we had available. I don’t feel let down by Ellis Short because he had always wanted me. He had been after me four or five times.
“I think the disappointment was that I didn’t know the club was going to be put up for sale. I only found that out two or three months into the job, after we found out there was not going to be any money available in January.
“Ellis spoke to me a couple of times and said, ‘Look, I’ve already put £300m of my own money into this and there’s not going to be any more’. But I didn’t know that beforehand and I wouldn’t have taken the job had I known.”
To be fair, the Scottish manager was not totally responsible for what happened to the team as he was not given sufficient backing by the club’s board to invest in new talent.
