Ancelotti is currently managing Real Madrid, and it may well be that managing Real Madrid is a more attractive job than following up Sir Alex Ferguson. I think he was booked some time ago for this job, too, much like Mourinho was booked some time ago for Chelsea and Moyes was booked some time ago for United.
Mourinho struggles to create attractive attacking football (look at how quickly he has undone the work turning Chelsea into an attractive attacking team last season... this season they have found themselves more and more lacking as time has gone on), prefers to take on short term "projects" and let's face it, he was always going to Chelsea, everyone knew it.
Capello is too old.
I would not have minded any of the above, but I never would have imagined them to happen. Same goes for Guardiola. Martinez was doing okay at the time United were picking their manager, sure, but he had done far, far less than Martinez had done. It should also be noted that while he did lead Wigan to the FA Cup, Wigan were also relegated days afterwards.
The end result, though, is that United wanted Moyes and it's fairly safe to say the people who picked out Moyes had a lot more brain for this than we do. They wanted someone who could provide long term stability at the club and someone that managed things from top to bottom, and that's the kind of person Moyes is. I don't know how true that is for other managers, but Moyes was considered the best fit for United, and given that he's always been touted as one of the candidates for years, I'd say he deserves his shot.
As if you actually think Sven and Steve are better candidates. Didn't you look at the link you just posted earlier? Where are they on that table?
