Moyes claims he made all the decisions

David Moyes fired a question back at those who reckon Kurt Zouma should miss games along with the one at Leicester City this weekend.

The manager – subject to near non stop quizzing on the issues surrounding Zoumagate quickly made his own point when that was thrown at him by reporters.

He said: “If you think missing the game is the answer, then would you know how many games you’d say he should miss? What would you think be the right number?

I think the financial side is as heavy as the club can give. I hope that, from, that, the charities will benefit greatly from it. At the moment we’ve just come through a pandemic where the charities have struggled.

I wish this situation had never happened. I wish we weren’t even talking about this. But if any good is going to come out of this, then they are going to get a substantial money out of this, the charities.

I can understand the public’s opinion. But I’m also one of the public. I see myself as a football supporter, a human being, I understand where everybody else is with this, I really do.

I can’t condone it, what he’s done. But as a football club, and me as a football manager, we are doing what we see fit.

 I have a really good relationship with the board. At no time did the board come to me, which was very good. I made the decision. I understand how people feel.

But I also think the right thing to do was to put him into his work and the investigation will take care of what’s coming.

 

 

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