Would David Moyes take Aston Villa job? La Liga Weekly guests discuss...
Monday 26 October 2015 18:14, UK
Would David Moyes trade Real Sociedad for Aston Villa if he was offered the chance?
That's one of the topics debated by Sky Sports' Spanish football experts Kevin Keatings and Terry Gibson on the latest episode of La Liga Weekly.
Villa sacked Tim Sherwood on Sunday morning and Moyes, who led Real Sociedad to a 4-0 win at Levante later that day, was installed as one of the bookmakers' frontrunners for the job.
Pressure had been growing on the former Everton and Manchester United boss with Sociedad still in the bottom half of the table, and our pundits felt he might be tempted by a return to the Premier League - but they felt the Villa job would be a risk.
"I think Moyes' ears are open to anything at the moment," said Keatings.
"Clearly he'd want to go back to the Premier League at some stage. He's got unfinished business, he feels wounded by what happened at Manchester United, but he is savvy enough to move on from that.
"I thought it was a good move for him to open up his horizons. He was always on record as saying he wanted to manage abroad at some stage and he's doing that now. He couldn't be in a better spot than San Sebastian in terms of lifestyle and all that entails.
"Is he improving them? It's been a year and you would probably say marginally, but not hugely. They should be around the top eight.
"The risk is if he goes down with Villa. Purely from his selfish point of view, does he feel there's enough to work on with the squad Villa have got?
"It's still relatively early in the season. Can he keep them up?"
Former Manchester United forward Gibson argued Moyes' reputation was unfairly tarnished during a tough period at Old Trafford in 2013-14.
However, when asked if he'd take the Villa job if he was in Moyes' shoes, he wasn't convinced it was the best idea.
"Personally I wouldn't, but I could understand it," Gibson said.
"He does feel wounded and people are so quick to forget in this game what a good job he did at Everton. His reputation was torn to shreds in such a short period of time. It was the impossible job following on from Fergie.
"There's a lot to achieve at Real Sociedad. I think they can achieve good things there. They aren't going to win the league, of course, but that's the same with most jobs that David Moyes will be offered.
"There is the issue at certain Premier League clubs, not just Villa, of what control a manager gets. He would dearly like the control he had at Everton under Bill Kenwright.
"Would he get that at Villa? Probably not."
