Mike Phelan says Sir Alex Ferguson would have made a top signing

Sir Alex Ferguson and Mike Phelan

Ex-Manchester United assistant coach Mike Phelan believed that Sir Alex Ferguson would have signed a top player if he would have continued as the club manager.

Sir Alex vacated the managerial post at Manchester United after last season ended. David Moyes took over the position, but have failed to deliver any satisfactory result till now.

Only noteworthy signing of Moyes has been Marouane Fellaini, although the Scot tried many more.

Ferguson’s ex assistant was quoted by Skysports: “If Sir Alex and David Gill had still been the bosses, I won’t name the player, but there would have been a star signing, one of the absolute best players in the world.

“It was something the boss talked about, and the owners and David Gill were also quite clear on doing it.

“There’s very few of such players out there. I think it’s clear to everybody who I’m talking about.

“We didn’t see the need for a big clear-out of the squad, that’s why Sir Alex and I had the one big signing in sight. One such star signing gives everybody a lift, we saw that with Robin van Persie.”

Mike Phelan left his assistant manager role after his boss, Ferguson left the job. He feels United missed a trick, with Moyes unable to wrap up the kind of deal that his predecessors had planned.