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Sir Alex Ferguson has says that successor at Manchester United, David Moyes, is a "good man" who was "unfortunate" at Old Trafford during his disastrous 11-month spell at Old Trafford.
The 73-year-old Ferguson called Moyes' situation "unfortunate." Moyes, 52, now manages Real Sociedad in La Liga.
"It's difficult, I think, replacing a guy who's been there 27 years," Ferguson said. "In terms of my philosophy and how I did things, all the staff were mine.
"They say it's better - the second person coming after Alex Ferguson would be better off.
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"David Moyes was unfortunate, it didn't work for him. Good man, good manager.
"And Louis van Gaal was finished with Holland, so I think there was a correlation there in terms of giving him the job.
"And he's got great experience [at] Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Ajax -- he's won the European Cup with Ajax -- so he's got experience and of course he's making changes.
"And this is going back to my earlier point, when you change a coach you change a whole system. He's brought in six or seven new people. David Moyes brought in six or seven new people. And that's why I think consistency works."
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