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‘Moyes buying Fellaini & Mata rang alarm bells’ – Man Utd need five ‘good transfer windows’, says Scholes

The struggles being endured by Manchester United can be traced back to David Moyes signing Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata, says Paul Scholes, with those deals setting off “alarm bells”.

A change in the dugout at Old Trafford in 2013 saw the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson head into retirement and a fellow Scot take his place.

Moyes would last only a matter of months in a prominent Premier League post, with the first signs of cracks in the United dynasty beginning to show during his reign.

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Questionable transfer business is considered to have done his cause few favours, with big money spent bringing in Fellaini from Everton and Mata from Chelsea.