Sir Alex Ferguson: 'David Moyes was unfortunate at Manchester United..he is a good manager and a good man'

Moyes's 11-month spell as United manager came to an end in April 2014

David Moyes and Sir Alex Ferguson back in February 2013 (Getty Images)

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.

Ferguson hand picked Moyes to replace him when he retired after his illustrious 27-year tenure at United, but it did not work out for Moyes, with the then-champions languishing in seventh place at the time of his sacking.

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.

"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."