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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter

‘Football can sicken you’: Moyes knows game’s pain from his Sunderland exit

David Moyes was Sunderland manager the last time Everton visited the Stadium of Light, back in September 2016.
David Moyes was Sunderland manager the last time Everton visited the Stadium of Light, back in September 2016. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

David Moyes has said he was almost sickened by football after resigning from Sunderland but believes the experience made him more determined to rekindle his fortunes with West Ham and Everton.

Moyes returns to the Stadium of Light with Everton on Monday for the first time since leaving Sunderland in 2017. The Scot tendered his resignation after the only relegation of his managerial career so that the then financially troubled club would not have to pay compensation for the remainder of his four-year contract.

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