Everton boss Roberto Martinez feels David Moyes suffered at Manchester United due to David Gill's departure.
Martinez has sympathy for Moyes and believes the double departure of Sir Alex Ferguson and chief executive Gill were significant factors in his downfall.
Martinez, speaking on Spanish radio, said: "Everyone knew that to be the successor to Sir Alex Ferguson would be very difficult because after 26 years of continuity, a defined way of working, it was going to be difficult. There is a great mix of reasons.
"The loss of chief executive is so important from a financial point of view. And he was working directly with the manager.
"The players did win the league last year, but they were not able to bring in more players that could provide renewed competition and that little bit of freshness (in the summer).
"It made it difficult, there was Marouane Fellaini and then Juan Mata in January but it probably wasn't enough to bolster the squad."
