Former defender Rio Ferdinand has discussed what went wrong for Manchester United under David Moyes.
Following Sir Alex Ferguson’s 27-year tenure at Old Trafford, Moyes, 60, took over as the famous Red Devils manager in 2013.
However, the former Everton head coach was fired in April 2014, barely ten months into his position, with Man Utd stuck in seventh place in the Premier League standings.
Before Louis van Gaal took over as his permanent replacement in the summer, Moyes only managed 27 victories in 51 games as manager.
Ferdinand, 45, a six-time Premier League winner who worked under Ferguson for more than ten years, has now revealed the problems that arose when Moyes took over.
The former defender feels that something was wrong in the United training methods as they focused more on the opposition.
Speaking on the Obi One podcast, he said: “As a professional I wanted him [Moyes] to do well and you’re giving them that time and the chance, definitely. But there’s a few things you see that aren’t the same.
“I think the biggest thing for me was that there was always too much focus on our opponents in training. We’re Man Utd, they’re meant to worry about us more.
“What that does to our mindset is there’s an element of fear here and that filters through to the team and to the young players.
“All we’re doing is talking about what are they going to do, but it should be about what are we going to do?
“That element there, I thought there needed to be a bigger shift from thinking like an Everton manager to thinking like a Man Utd manager.
“It needed to be how champions think.”
Ferdinand added he has sympathy for the Scottish manager. He added:
“But I do actually still feel sorry for David Moyes because of the shoes he had to fill, coming to Man Utd from Everton is a completely different ball game.
“Even Mourinho may have struggled coming in after Sir Alex, so to think it was an easy run for Moyes was crazy.”
