Sir Alex Ferguson on David Moyes's failure: 'He hadn't realized just how big United is'

Sir Alex Ferguson wants nothing to do with the failure of his successor.

Included in the former Manchester United manager's updated book, My Autobiography, is an excerpt in which he attempts to distance himself from David Moyes's disastrous stint at Old Trafford.

"He hadn't realized just how big United is as a club," wrote Ferguson, who went on to blast Moyes's slower style of play.

"The reason for playing at speed was that United players had been accustomed to operating that way," Ferguson continued. "If the tempo slowed for any reason, I would be into them at halftime. 'This is not us,' I would say. Playing with speed never hindered our results. It was our way: energy and determination in the last third of the pitch."

Perhaps the most notable part of Ferguson's updated book, which was officially released Thursday, is the lack of an admission regarding the appointment of Moyes, which suggests he wasn't solely responsible for the hiring, as many critics seem to believe.

"There appears to be an accepted view out there that there was no process," Ferguson wrote. "Nonsense. We feel we did everything the right way: quietly, thoroughly, professionally."

Under Moyes, United registered 27 wins, nine draws and 15 losses, guiding the club to a seventh-placed finish in the 2013-14 Premier League.