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DAVID Moyes has admitted that he had been swaying towards staying at Everton before Manchester United called for him to replace Sir Alex Ferguson.

The Everton boss, who was nearing the end of his contract, was insistent that he would not discuss his future until the end of the season when he had evaluated how the Toffees had fared.
However, Ferguson revealed on Wednesday that he would retire from his post at United and the club moved swiftly to get Moyes, who was confirmed on Thursday as the first new manager at Old Trafford since 1986.
Admitting that he had been leaning towards continuing his 11-year-long stay at Goodison Park, Moyes said: "I was not planning to leave Everton. My mind was actually swaying towards staying at Everton. I have everything in place for next season and the chairman knows the route that we want to go."
Though reporters were told they would not be allowed to ask directly about his move, Moyes did reveal how difficult it was to leave Everton.
"It was very difficult because I have great respect for the chairman (Bill Kenwright). He is a great guy - never critical, always supportive. It was a difficult meeting to tell him I would be leaving," Moyes said.
"Sometimes you have to leave a club and I hope that I am leaving them in the best way I can."
Moyes also paid tribute to the man he will be replacing at Old Trafford.
"I don't think anybody thought he would retire," he said.
"He is superhuman. I thought he was a great example to everyone in their 70s.
"He will be sorely missed. He always had a word for everyone. I know how much he is respected."
Moyes insists he will help Kenwright find his successor at Goodison Park and believes the foundations are there for Everton to continue to develop.
"Walter Smith [Moyes' predecessor] was very good with me ... Anything that I can do to help Bill and the club, I will do," he said.
Moyes insists that he will work to ensure that Everton finish the season strongly in their remaining two games - beginning with his last match in charge at Goodison on Sunday against West Ham.
"We have gone about training in the normal way," said Moyes, who admitted that the week had been "turbulent".
The question has been raised that Moyes might have stepped aside before the final two games and the Scot is glad he has not been asked this, even though he would have answered the question if it had been posed.
"I hoped I would get the chance to finish off the job," he said.