SYDNEY: David Moyes said he was looking forward to playing “mind games” with his Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho and other Premier League bosses after getting his first win as Manchester United manager in a pre-season friendly yesterday.
The Scot and his new club have been forced to spend the week reiterating that Wayne Rooney was not for sale after the England striker was “angered and confused” by comments his manager made last weekend.
The public relations battle was made all the harder when Chelsea manager Mourinho came in with a bid for Rooney, a move which some saw as typical troublemaking by the Portuguese who enjoyed many a mental tussle with Alex Ferguson.
Asked whether he was looking forward to similar “mind games” with managers such as Mourinho in the season ahead, Moyes said his upbringing predisposed him to it.
“Sounds like your accent’s like mine,” he told his Scottish questioner. “If you’re from Glasgow you quite enjoy those sort of things. So bring it on.”
Although Moyes had said repeatedly that results were not important on the tour, he was clearly happier with United’s 5-1 victory over an A-League All Stars team. REUTERS
