David Moyes hits out at 'difficult' Manchester United | OneFootball

David Moyes has hit out at former club Manchester United, insisting that their failure to challenge for silverware is down to a “difficult” transfer policy.

United have won just three trophies since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013 and have failed to finish in the Premier League’s top two in four of the last five years.

And Moyes, who was in charge at Old Trafford for a doomed eight months in 2013/14, has claimed that their recent ills are down to poorly thought-out transfer dealings.

“For a while it would be difficult to know what direction United have gone in,” he told The Mirror.

“Whether they have been signing players for marketing, which they are fantastic at, or whether it has been signing players for on the pitch, I am not quite sure.

“What Manchester United had was great values and class. Manchester United’s values weren’t always to buy the most expensive players but to do it their way which was bringing in the boys from the academy and picking up the best young players.

“Now and again there would be a sprinkling of stardust, like an Eric Cantona, or someone who they signed to make the difference, like Robin van Persie.

“I never thought they were a club who thought it was all about spending the money, but if they needed to, they could.”