David Moyes' first Manchester United Premier League XI - and what happened next

It's been six years now since David Moyes was removed as Manchester United boss after less than a full season at the helm at Old Trafford.

The Scotsman had replaced Sir Alex Ferguson following the legendary manager's decision to retire at the end of the 2012/13 title-winning campaign.

Ferguson pleaded with fans to give Moyes time and though things did fall apart after only a few months, the Moyes reign did get off to a winning start.



United looked to have sent a statement of intent as they thrashed Swansea 4-1 in his first Premier League game in charge way back in August 2013.

Here we look back at the starting XI from that day and what they have been up to since.



David de Gea

One of two survivors in the United squad from that day in 2013, De Gea is still the number one choice at Old Trafford.

Reports have linked him with a return to Spain at seemingly every transfer window but he has remained in Manchester. If he stays until the end of next season, he will have completed a full decade at Old Trafford.



Along with De Gea, Jones remains at Old Trafford though his future at the club is uncertain.

The Englishman has never really lived up to the lofty expectations placed upon him following his £16.5million move from Blackburn nine years ago.



Jones has made just two starts in the league this season and does not appear to be in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's long-term plans at the club.

Rio Ferdinand

Ferdinand was just shy of his 35th birthday when he lined up in Moyes' first game in charge and it would prove to be his last season at Old Trafford.

The legendary defender finished up with one more season at QPR before hanging up his boots.



Since retiring, Ferdinand has become a pundit and is a regular on BT Sport's football coverage, which includes the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.

Nemanja Vidic

Like his partner Ferdinand, Vidic elected to leave United at the end of the 2013/14 campaign, deciding to head to Italy to join Inter Milan.



The Serb played out a season and a half at the San Siro before his contract was terminated by mutual consent and he announced his retirement.

Vidic qualified as a coach after obtaining his Uefa Pro Licence in January 2018.

Patrice Evra

The 2013/14 campaign was Evra's last in a United shirt as he left Old Trafford to join Juventus, where he picked up a pair of Serie A and Coppa Italia doubles.

A return to France with Marseille came to an unceremonious end after an altercation with a fan before he finished up his career on a short-term deal at West Ham.



The Frenchman officially announced his retirement last summer after a year without a club and he has begun the process of getting his coaching badges.

He has also grown his profile off the field by doing punditry for the 2018 World Cup and posting regularly on social media.



Tom Cleverley

Although he was still officially on the books until his contract expired in 2015, Cleverley was another who saw his time at Old Trafford come to and end at the conclusion of the 2013/14 season.



The midfielder spent the final year of his contract on loan at Aston Villa before joining Everton on a free transfer the following summer. After failing to establish himself at the Toffees he joined Watford, first on loan and then permanently, where he remains today.



Now 30 years old, Cleverley has made just 12 Premier League starts for the Hornets since the beginning of the 2018/19 campaign.

Michael Carrick

Carrick finally called time on his career and retired as a United player in 2018, four years after Moyes left the club.



The midfielder became a member of Jose Mourinho's coaching staff upon his retirement and was retained in the same role by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer when the Norwegian took over a year and a half ago.

Antonio Valencia

Following Louis van Gaal's arrival at Old Trafford, Valencia was converted from a winger to a fullback and played out the rest of his United career on the right side of the defence.



The Ecuadorian captained United to the Europa League title in 2017 in the absence of Michael Carrick and took over club captain duties for the 2018/19 season.

Following the expiration of his contract last summer, Valencia returned to his native Ecuador to join LDU Quito. The former United skipper missed a penalty in last season's Ecuadorian Serie A final as Delfin beat LDU Quito to lift their first title.



Ryan Giggs

Another from Moyes' first starting line up to go into coaching, Giggs was actually named a player-coach ahead of the 2013/14 season and the Welshman replaced Moyes as interim boss following the Scotsman's sacking.



The legendary winger is now manager of the Welsh national team, succeeding Chris Coleman in January 2018. Under his tutelage, Wales qualified for the now-postponed Euro 2020.

Danny Welbeck

Despite bagging two goals in Moyes' first game in charge, 2013/14 proved to also be Welbeck's final season at Old Trafford as he was sold to Arsenal on transfer deadline day in September 2014.



In his first season at the Emirates, he scored the winning goal to knock United out of the FA Cup as the Gunners went on to lift the trophy and they won it again in 2017 as Welbeck started the final against Chelsea.

He joined Watford last summer following the expiration of his Arsenal contract, but has only started three Premier League games for the Hornets, with his only goal in yellow coming in an EFL Cup win over Swansea.



Robin van Persie

The other United goalscorer on the day, Van Persie also found the net twice for Moyes' debut but he could only score 10 more goals in the league for the rest of the season.



The Dutchman saw out one season under Van Gaal before departing for Fenerbahce. After two and a half seasons in Turkey, he returned to his boyhood club Feyenoord and lifted the KNVB Cup in 2018.

He retired from football at the end of last season and has subsequently popped up as a pundit for BT Sport.