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Of course not, but it can't be the only denominator. There are superb managers that work with limited budgets and achieve great things - Pulis this year to name one. But in order to win you need a combination of money and experience - Pellegrini, who we can agree won the league not because of huge expenditure but because he didn't bottle it at the very end, unlike Rodgers - also huge budget and a star-studded squad.
Moyes is a very good manager, had a title-winning squad and botched it up. On your original logic he should have won the league without batting an eye-lid. But he didn't. Hence, the fact that Carlo has only worked with the super-rich is only one small part of his success, which I will still say has been impressive.
I agree with most of your points, with the exception of that bit in bold font.
Moyes being a "very" good manager is highly arguable IMHO...Along with the claim that he inherited an excellent squad...I don't buy it for a second. SAF pulled off a challenging task in delivering a title with a fairly talented (but nowhere near an outstanding) squad (with an added benefit of RVP firing on all cylinders that season....A squad that had (and still has) some glaring weaknesses that Moyes could not (or did not) address during his short-lived tenure.
So I really don't see how this particular point supports your argument, but the rest of your post is pretty spot on, tbf.