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David Moyes: I would not have sold Danny Welbeck to Gunners

Football

By Game Yetu | Nov 22, 2014

Former Manchester United manager David Moyes has criticised his successor’s decision to sell Danny Welbeck to Arsenal, insisting that he would never have sold him if he was still in charge.

The 23-year-old has since netted five goals in 12 games this season for the Gunners and will play against United today for the first time since his move.

Moyes, who was sacked by United in May told talkSPORT that he was surprised by his former club's decision to sell the striker.

"I'm not surprised one bit," the former Everton manager told talkSPORT.

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"He was an excellent player for me last year. If you look, we played him in nearly all the big games and I thought an awful lot of him.

"The hardest thing Danny had to deal with is he had Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney in front of him. So, from that point of view, he had to dislodge those players to get into the side and it was always going to be hard for him to do that.

"It's been a really good move for Danny. He's a really good lad and player, maybe it will help him. He's gone away, he's scoring for England as well and I think he's getting more respect for what he's doing," he added.

‘You make your own decisions,’ he added. ‘Every manager is entitled to their own opinion, but it wouldn’t necessarily be mine.’