Manchester United boss David Moyes wants new blood after FA Cup upset
After shock 2-1 home defeat to Swansea, manager of the 11-times champions hopes to sign new players this month
David Moyes, the increasingly beleaguered Manchester United manager, admits he urgently needs to buy new players in the January transfer window but confesses that it may not be possible to do so.
The Scotsman was talking in the wake of another major disappointment for his club as United, record 11-times winners of the FA Cup, were knocked out at home in the third round by Swansea.
The 2-1 defeat marked United’s fourth home loss in their last six games at Old Trafford and just the second time in 29 years that the club have been knocked out in the third round of the competition.
Moyes only brought in Marouane Fellaini, from his former club Everton, after taking over at Old Trafford in the summer and with every growing setback, pressure is mounting on him to improve a squad that is looking well below par and which was without seven injured first-team players on Sunday.
“I said I would try but probably would be doubtful in January because of the window but I think I have been saying it fairly consistently,” said Moyes of his efforts to sign new talent this month. “There is an urgency that we would like to bring people in but are those players available in January?
“So there is no point in me hyping it up because the players we would like to bring in are probably not available in January, not because we don’t want to do it.”