You're right, we're not much of a stepping stone and the fans who believe it are clueless.
We still don't know how much transfer funds Lerner is willing to give out (will be nowhere near Chelsea/Man City or possibly even Tottenham/Liverpool), but what we do know is we have a mess of a squad, a massive wage bill that still needs to be addressed and we've just announced a massive loss this year. Why are on earth would Moyes come to us when he has a stable squad that can beat any team on their day?
Get it over Villa, we're in the shit at the moment due to MON's rubbish legacy and it should come to no surprise we'll hire someone uninspring that will help Randy's cashflow.