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‘Coleman was like Forrest Gump’
- Updated: September 10, 2016
David Moyes will be reunited with the £60,000 bargain he once dubbed ‘Forrest Gump’ when he welcomes former club Everton to Sunderland on Monday Night Football.
As Toffees boss in 2009, Moyes invested a fraction of his modest – by Premier League standards – budget in a 20-year-old Seamus Coleman from Sligo Rovers after being alerted to the Irishman’s potential by his scouting team.
Last Monday, full-back Coleman captained the Republic of Ireland in their 2-2 World Cup qualifying draw with Serbia to illustrate the progress he has made since, and the new Black Cats boss could hardly be more delighted.
Moyes said: “Coleman had been in at Birmingham, Celtic, somewhere else, and nobody took him. We took him and he was £60,000.
“I used to think he was like Forrest Gump. He could run for fun. He went to …
