Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has issued a glowing
endorsement to new boss David Moyes and suggested the Scot can build a
new dynasty at Old Trafford as he follows in the footsteps of Sir Alex
Ferguson.
Ferdinand
believes "stability and longevity" were the chief criteria considered
by United officials before then named Moyes as the club's next manager
last month, with the former England centre-back convinced the new man
ticks both boxes.
"I think the appointment of David Moyes signals longevity," said Ferdinand in a Daily Mirror
interview. "More than anything, I think the club wanted a manager who
was going to be here for a long period of time and try and emulate what
Sir Alex did.
"The new boss will have his own ways and his
own style of management, but there are elements of Sir Alex in him. He
always produced competitive teams at Everton, with very little
resources. Now he will have those resources, hopefully we'll see the
fruits of that with our team.
"David Moyes is determined,
he's winner and you can see that his teams have a real identity about
them in terms of the way they play. There's also an intensity about the
way he is as a person. Whenever I've met him I've been struck by that
and I think he'll be a great addition to the club."
Moyes
has already made his mark at United by shaking up the club's coaching
staff, while there are suggestions that the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo
and Cesc Fabregas may be on his list of transfer targets this summer,
but Ferdinand is not expecting radical changes at Old Trafford.
"Obviously
we'll still be doing a lot of things we've done in the past that have
brought us success," said Ferdinand. "It would be naïve to think the new
manager will come in and everything will change dramatically in one
fell swoop.
"He'll change things over the course of time
and a club like United has a proven history of giving managers a chance
to do that. I've not seen anyone in the past be successful at a club by
coming in and changing everything completely on day one.
"There's
nothing to suggest that will happen. The manager will come in with new
ideas and will want to implement new things. I know that the players
we've got within our changing room will embrace that completely and give
everything for him.
"It will be different at first, but I
can't wait to get back in again and start training under the new manager
and his staff. I've spoken to the new boss a few times and what's
pleasing is that he's a football man through and through.
"You
could sit and talk to him for ages about the game, and he wants to know
everything about the club. He's coming in with his eyes and ears wide
open to learn everything there is about the club and hopefully continue
the success we have had.
"You want to be a part of
something new and exciting, and this is just that. It's a great
opportunity to write another chapter in the club's amazing history."
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