Even Chelsea boss Antonio Conte couldn't have kept Sunderland up last season, claims David Moyes
The Black Cats finished rock bottom in the Premier League and Moyes left with his reputation at an all-time low - but he says it was an impossible job from the start
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Your support makes all the difference.David Moyes has claimed that even Antonio Conte would not have been able to keep Sunderland in the Premier League last season.
The two managers experienced diametrically opposed seasons last year, with Conte leading Chelsea to the title and being named manager of the year while Moyes left rock bottom Sunderland with his reputation at an all-time low.
Moyes says he should not have even taken the job in the first place, admitting that his “due diligence should have been better”, and believes even the best manager in the country could have avoided relegation at the Stadium of Light.
“I think Harry Redknapp got it right when he said Antonio Conte couldn't have kept up Sunderland last season,” Moyes told the Daily Mail.
“Look at Manchester United. It's taken them a few hundred million to get them in a good order.
“At Real Sociedad, we kept them up, we did the job we had to do there. The only one that looks a little bit out of sync is Sunderland. And it was probably the hardest to take. I think my record of losing two games in a row was minimal.
“I'd go back to the training ground, find a way. But last year I couldn't get it to work, and it was getting me down because I was losing. That was my first relegation and I hope it'll be my last.”
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