After an illustrious reign, which not even Hollywood could have scripted themselves, Sir Alex Ferguson's final job as a Manchester United manager before his retirement was hand picking the successor to the helm.

The man trusted with this burden was fellow Scotsman and current Real Sociedad manager David Moyes, who only lasted 11 months in the job before being handed the sack after a 3-0 defeat to his own former club, Everton.

However in a recent documentary, Sir Alex still insists that Moyes was in fact the right man for the job and he was just unlucky. That being said though, he also reiterated his belief that the squad was not left in a bad state as his reign came to an end, contrary to popular belief.

Moyes was unfortunate, Sir Alex says

In a recent BBC documentary where they interviewed Sir Alex as well as several ex-Manchester United players about his success, the topic of his retirement and the hand-picking of David Moyes saw Sir Alex defend his fellow countryman.

Sir Alex claimed that Moyes was in-fact "unfortunate", and he's a "good man". This in mind, he admitted that Moyes' job as United boss was not an easy one, stating that he felt "it's difficult, replacing a guy who's been there [for] 27 years."

Sir Alex argues that the squad was good enough

Sir Alex Ferguson's recent comments about David Moyes being unfortunate as United coach make sense, if you take into consideration the comments he'd been making ever since he retired.

Ever since Moyes and United started to struggle in one of the club's worst seasons for a very long time, fans and pundits alike pointed to Sir Alex - claiming that he left Moyes with a depleted squad which simply were not good enough to compete with the best.

However, he has hit back at these claims - by pointing ot how he'd won the Premier League comfortably with the exact same squad just the season before. Plays such as Patrice Evra were flourishing under Sir Alex's reign, but looked a shadow of their former selves just a year later.

Either way, Manchester United quickly moved on from David Moyes - but whether he would have succeeded at United or not will always be a topical debate.