Duncan Ferguson has returned to management with Irish Premiership club Glentoran and has already contacted David Moyes about bringing some of Everton's youngsters to the club on loan. Ferguson, who played under Moyes at Everton, joined the East Belfast outfit on Monday.
Contact with Moyes over loan targets
The 54-year-old last managed two years ago, when his stint at Inverness Caledonian Thistle ended after the club entered administration. Asked if he had spoken to Moyes, Ferguson told talkSPORT: "I'm trying to butter him up here, because I'm looking for some players.
"I texted him last night asking if he has any players for me. He's one of the best managers I've ever worked with."
Intense first training session
Ferguson has already made his mark at the NIFL Premiership club, revealing that one of his players vomited due to the intensity of his first training session. "The session was probably a wee bit different to what they're used to, but I only got one player being sick unfortunately," the former Everton forward said.
"Normally I'd get two or three in the first session but I only got one this time. But a good set of lads applied themselves well. Good tempo to the training. To be fair, the young lad had drunk a bit too much water. So we gave them a wee bit of a harder session than they were probably used to. That's normal for me. That's the way I want to work."
Unfinished business in management
Glentoran are currently third in the Irish League following the departure of Declan Devine in September. Ferguson admitted that after speaking with the club's owner, Ali Pour, the fire returned to his belly. "I was busy doing punditry and I could easily have kept going down that route. But I've been a wee bit unlucky in my managerial journey and I still think I've got unfinished business," he said.
"I lost my last job through administration, but I love football, management and coaching players. I met the owner and liked him. I thought it's a big club, they've got ambition and it got the fire in my belly."
Ambition to win the league
Ferguson added: "I've had two tough jobs, but this one's a bit different because the ambition is to win the league. I managed Everton in the Premier League and took them out of the relegation zone, I moved Inverness up the league and to a play-off.
"Forest Green was for the future, bottom of the league, but I went there with the understanding that I was going to get a rebuild. I got on all right with the owner, but he decided to go a different way in the summer. I came out of the Premier League and took the wrong job."
"I spoke to Big Sam and he said, 'Dunc, get in there. You win on a Saturday you feel good, you lose you feel bad. It doesn't matter what level you're at'. When you're out of work for six months, it feels like six years. It's exciting to do this again and a big opportunity for me to live the dream."
