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Moyes' own feelings on his return

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Sorry thread police, but I feel this one warrants it's own thread.

Interesting bit from ITV;

http://www.itv.com/sport/football/a...bout-returning-to-everton-for-scouting-trips/

Man United boss David Moyes hasn't felt comfortable about returning to Everton for scouting trips

David Moyes admits he has been unable to go back to Goodison Park on scouting missions ever since he left Everton to join Man United.

Moyes will sit in the away dugout at Goodison Park for the first time on Sunday when he takes Manchester United to the club where he spent 11 years as manager.

The last time Moyes set foot inside the stadium was in May last year when he bade an emotional farewell to 40,000 Evertonians following his final game in charge.

Those Everton fans started to turn against Moyes later that summer when he failed with a £28million bid for Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini - an offer the Merseyside club branded "insulting" and "derisory".

Everton fans booed Moyes when they visited Old Trafford in December, and the feeling of resentment towards the Scot has been so strong that he has been unwilling to return to the club ever since his departure.

"I went to see Everton (play) last Saturday at Sunderland, but I've not been back to Goodison this season," said Moyes, who regularly attends matches to scout opposition players and potential transfer targets.

"It's nearly a year since I left.

"I've just felt that it wasn't the right time to go back at this moment in time.

"Time is a big healer.

"I think there was animosity at the way we would have liked to have bought a couple of the players. But some Manchester United players go to Everton, so there is reverse."

United ended up buying Fellaini for £27.5million but Baines committed his future to Everton.

Moyes feels some Everton fans are also angry with him as they do not believe the sequence of events that led up to him being appointed United boss.

Some think Moyes stalled on signing a new deal at Everton as he knew Sir Alex Ferguson would retire at the end of last season.

Moyes insists that was not the case, but he concedes some Everton supporters do not believe him.

"What needs healing, possibly, is the way people saw me leaving," Moyes added.

"Maybe people don't believe how it happened.

"But it is exactly how it came about. It happened two weeks before the end of the season.

"I had been there for 11 years. You'd have to say it couldn't have been done much better."
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@ijjysmith

Anyway, while waiting for ijjy, it's interesting to read that he's been avoiding any potential confrontations. If we win tomorrow and he gets the bad reception we all expect, then it'll be in his head for all time. If he stays with Utd then that'll give us the edge over them and if he ends up managaing Celtic then it might come in handy on European nights too.
 

I never realised how egotistical he was before, maybe i always looked at him with blue tinted glasses but he always seemed far more humble with us - he comes across as a right bell at Utd. Will always have respect for the job he did here though.
 

Laughing at:

"I think there was animosity at the way we would have liked to have bought a couple of the players. But some Manchester United players go to Everton, so there is reverse."

Yeah... because we go after their best players at a fraction of their value, don't we?
 

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