David Moyes, 58, is contemplating the fact that Claudio Ranieri, 70 next week, is back out of retirement and in the front line of football again and wondering where he might be in twelve years’ time.
‘My plan is not to manage like Claudio Ranieri, that’s for sure,’ he insists. ‘I’d be on the Italian coastline just now with my Speedos on.’
He grins, knowing just what mental image he has conjured up, his serious face gone for second. ‘It takes a lot to stick with management,’ he continues. ‘It takes a lot dealing with you journalists every day, the crowd, all sorts of people writing about us and what we do.