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Moyes declares himself ready to manage again

LIVERPOOL — David Moyes has revealed he feels he is ready to return to football and believes he is “better equipped” as a manager after his turbulent and ill-fated spell at Manchester United.

Moyes (right) says his time at United has left him better equipped to take on his next managerial challenge. 
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Moyes (right) says his time at United has left him better equipped to take on his next managerial challenge.
Photo: Getty Images

LIVERPOOL — David Moyes has revealed he feels he is ready to return to football and believes he is “better equipped” as a manager after his turbulent and ill-fated spell at Manchester United.

Moyes was sacked from the Old Trafford job in April after less than 10 months in charge of United, having spent more than a decade establishing his reputation at Everton as one of the most sought-after young British managers.

But the Scot believes he is ready to make his comeback, and that the next club to employ him, possibly a foreign outfit, will benefit from the experience he garnered during his time in the Manchester United hot seat.

“I’m ready to go,” Moyes said in an exclusive interview with Telegraph Sport. “I’ve no time-scale. I’m enjoying the break, but I’m a football man and I want to work. I feel my best years are ahead of me and I do feel I am still a young manager. I’ve lots to learn and lots I want to put into practice.

“I think I am better equipped to take over a job like Manchester United now than even when I did take over because I’ve had a chance to see what happens, what goes on,” Moyes explained.

“I felt I was ready when I left Everton, but obviously when you get in you see things and you realise that experience and knowledge you can only get from being in the job. But unfortunately I only got nine months.”

Moyes, 51, added that despite being keen to get back on the managerial merry-go-round, he is, nevertheless, in “no rush” to return to work and will wait for the right opportunity to present itself to him in due course.

“Picking my next job is vitally important, I’m well aware of that,” he admitted. “I’ve an open mind as to what it will be and where it will be — if it’s in the Premier League or in the UK, that’s fine. But if it’s abroad, then I’m okay with that. I have always been an advocate of players and coaches going abroad if that’s the right opportunity. It doesn’t happen, not enough anyway.

“You look at how well Terry Venables did in Spain and how well Bobby Robson did — they are up there with the great managers and both had periods working in Europe.

“One of the reasons why I wanted to be part of the League Managers Association was because I felt there were an awful lot of foreign coaches coming into these shores but we were not exporting enough British talent,” Moyes said.

“It’s good that we have good managers like Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger in this country, but I think we should be trying to send out some of our managers to other countries to help not just the development of themselves but the leagues over here. It can enhance their careers. So I’ve an open mind on where I go next.”

It has been a busy few months for Moyes even if, for the first time in 35 years, he has not just undergone the rigours of a pre-season and is not now immersed in the sound and fury of competition.

“I’ve had to find my own training regime to keep in shape,” Moyes jokes, as he reflects on life since he was sacked by Manchester United.

The schedule has been hectic. Here is a manager in demand and who has much to talk about, not least his deep-seated commitment to the development of young players and the good of the game — the hottest topic in English football right now.

Moyes’ overall record at Everton is outstanding, from Tim Cahill, whom he picked up from Millwall, through to Seamus Coleman, a £60,000 (S$123,000) signing from Irish club Sligo Rovers who is now arguably the best right-back in the Premier League.

“You have to give players a chance and they need to give you something to make you believe they will take that chance,” Moyes says.

That ethic underpins his own philosophy and he will take it to the next club he manages, wherever that might be. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

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