When David Moyes was reminded of West Ham’s painful record against Romanian opposition yesterday, he did not hesitate to point out that his own is not much cop either.
It was back in 2005 that Moyes led his Everton side into the UEFA Cup, having lost narrowly to Villarreal in Champions League qualifying, only to be swiftly knocked out of the second-tier competition, too, after a 5-1 away thrashing by Dinamo Bucharest.