Season › 2011-12 › News

Boss hints at summer horse trading

David Moyes does not want to lose any of his players but he reluctantly feels it may take some shrewd buying and selling to maintain 7th place or make the next step up.

The Scot said: "You never want to lose the players you have got, they are vitally important. We've brought them here, nurtured them, brought a lot of them on and we hope we are able to keep them.

"We might now be in a situation where we have to start trading players more than we would like to — but that is the way things go. We do a lot of work behind the scenes to prepare so if we can get a situation where we can go and do a bit of business, we will try to do as well as we can.

"In the last window we bought well and showed we didn't need a great deal of cash to turn things around. We sold Diniyar Bilyaletdinov and with that money brought in Gibson and Jelavic, and Pienaar on loan.

"I have really enjoyed the way we have played since January, it has given me a great thrill. And more so because I feel I have been able to give the supporters something back.

"At the start of the year I don't think I would have come and watched - there was nothing to excite me. People were saying we were dull, but there is nobody that wants to see attacking play and goals more than me."

Quotes or other material sourced from The Independent

---

---

Reader Comments (5)

Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer

About these ads