I made several attempts to sign McTominay

Former West Ham boss David Moyes has revealed he made several attempts to sign Man United star Scott McTominay for the Hammers.

in a talk with BBC sportMoyes claimed that McTominay was considered an ideal replacement for Declan Rice after his sale to Arsenal.

“A lot of managers have bad luck stories about players slipping away and McTominay is one of those for me because I tried to sign him for West Ham last summer.

“It was always going to be difficult to replace Declan Rice with any player when he came to Arsenal, and we weren’t planning to do that; instead we wanted to bring in a couple of midfielders.

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“We bought two really good players in James Ward-Prowse and Edson Alvarez, so that was the cover, but Scott was certainly one of the players we had a big interest in as well.

“He is a good versatile midfielder, but for me his best attributes are getting into the box, or its edges, at the right moment to score or create chances.

“McTominay was a player I felt I needed at the time but we didn’t get him and instead he scored a lot of important goals for Manchester United last season.”

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