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No one wants to go for a drink with lonely David Moyes

David Moyes took over as Real Sociedad manager in November last year © Getty Images

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Even in the darkest days of his nightmare reign at Manchester United, David Moyes was used to enjoying a drink or two with his opposite numbers at Old Trafford.

But now, attempting to kick-start his managerial campaign at Real Sociedad, Moyes has found that managers in Spain's La Liga are a little more reluctant to share a tipple with him in the post-match niceties.

"I've asked a few managers, like we do in the Premier League, to go for a glass of wine or a beer after a game," Moyes admitted. "Back in the Premier League, the managers spend 20 minutes having a chat, and it's not always football.

"But at the moment I'm not getting much joy. There's nobody coming into my little room to join me.

"From what I've seen so far from my time the communication between managers here is very limited. It's a difficult job being a manager and it's sometimes nice to speak to someone who is in a similar situation."

The man deserves credit for taking the plunge of a managerial job abroad, particularly after the car crash that was United. But perhaps the lack of conversation with rival coaches has something to do with Moyes' lack of language skills.

Who could forget this effort at the Spanish lingo, in which Moyes admitted to watching the Sociedad B team "dos, tres, cuatro times".

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