It has been revealed that experienced Premier League manager David Moyes, who spent just over a decade with Everton before moving on to Manchester United, had held talks for the Swansea City job back in 2016.

At the time, Moyes had been out of work since leaving Real Sociedad in November 2015 and Francesco Guidolin was just coming to the end of his first five months at The Liberty Stadium before signing a two-year contract to keep him at the club.

The 56-year-old from Glasgow could have been a good fit for Swansea three years ago while the Swans was still a club in the Premier League.

The respectable manager hadn't long come off of the back of a successful stint with Everton where he earned the respect from the rest of the Premier League, and despite ill-fated spells with Manchester United and Real Sociedad, he would still have had the enthusiasm and the drive to sustain Swansea in the Premier League.

In the last few seasons of their stay in the top flight, Swansea lacked that stability and that long-term plan under a manager who was in the role for the long term.

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Moyes would have built a side that would have stayed together at The Liberty Stadium if he had been picked to be the man that could take Swansea forward, and the former Preston North End manager would have made sure that the players and fans were united as one.

The appointment of the Scotsman would have got the Swansea supporters on side from day one, as they would have respected the manager and recognised just what he was trying to do in south Wales.

Since his talks with Swansea, Moyes has struggled to make an impact on the English game, first being the manager in charge of Sunderland when they got relegated from the top flight in 2017 as the Black Cats began a downward curve, and a less than popular spell while in the hotseat at West Ham United.

Moyes likes to play the same style of football that Swansea have done for the past decade, and his character and experience would have been the perfect fit for Swansea three years ago.

The job would have allowed him to possibly get his managerial mojo back after a tough few jobs in the two jobs that he had taken before the opportunity cropped up, and unfortunately for one of Everton's most favourable managers in the Premier League era, his two jobs since have been less than spectacular.