David Moyes admits he never saw coming his sacking by Manchester United.
The Scot insists he believed he would be granted time to turn things around at Old Trafford last season.
"The job at Everton was so good. I worked for a great chairman, great people at the club," he told the Mail on Sunday.
"It was not easy to begin with at Everton either. We had a couple of tough years before we had the club the way we wanted it. But the reason I went to United was because I thought I was joining a club that would give me time. That was the big thing. I didn't want to change anything immediately. I wanted to take my time working out what I thought was needed.
"I saw what I thought were important similarities between United and Everton. Like the focus on developing young players. Look at the players we brought through at Everton. As well as the ones we brought in. You go back to Wayne Rooney and all the other lads. Ross Barkley, Pienaar, Coleman, Jagielka, Baines and Lescott. We signed John Stones. We had a really good club at Everton who gave me the opportunity to do the job the way I felt it needed to be done."
