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”Zaha Can’t Cope With Competition At Old Trafford” Moyes

Manchester United boss David Moyes has attributed his decision to send Wilfried Zaha on loan to the player’s inability to get regular playing time due to competition at Old Trafford.

Moyes, who pleaded with the club’s fans to trust his judgement on his handling of the matter insists that competition on the flanks has limited the former Crystal Palace player’s outings with Adnan Januzaj, Shinji Kagawa, Nani, Valencia and Ashley Young all battling for places in the first half of the season.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s final signing as United boss was expected to make a big impact at Old Trafford this season.

Instead, the £15m arrival from Crystal Palace made just four appearances including the Community Shield, and has now moved to Cardiff on loan until the end of the campaign.

However, Zaha made an impressive debut for Cardiff in their win over Norwich last weekend, which has led to some critics wondering why the 21-year-old has not featured more for United.

“At times you have to believe what the manager is seeing as well,” Moyes said. “There is big competition for those wide areas.” Moyes said.

“When I came in, I had Antonio Valencia, Nani and Ashley Young. Then we had the emergence of Adnan. Shinji can play off one of the sides.”

“I have seen Wilfried training every day as well. I am privy to that.”

“We might have got him on loan even earlier but for the (hamstring) injury to Nani. I just wanted to see how that was.

“It is good for him. It is good for his development. Everybody will have a chance to see how he plays.

“The idea is he shows what he can do and comes back a better player for Manchester United.” He added.