David Moyes’ Man United day one ‘to do’ list

Starting to sign players

This will also help him ease in to the job. United are in contract negotiations with Thiago Alcantara, but it’s dragging on. They’ve had an opening bid for Leighton Baines turned down by Everton who are insistent they won’t sell. There are rumours about Man United trying to make moves for Cristiano Ronaldo or Gareth Bale to make a big impact. They are supposedly fairly deep in to negotiation with Benfica for Ezequiel Garay to be Rio Ferdinand’s long term successor. United need to sign one of these soon. Even though the official window has just opened and the season doesn’t start for 6 weeks, it’s still important to do something soon. Again, it lessens the pressure and if he can persuade one of these big names to come to the club, it will help to prove that he has the pull to get the top players. This is particularly the case with Thiago Alcantara. Having been so close to him, to miss out would not be a convincing start.