Everton midfielder Leon Osman believes it is time for the club's fans to patch up their differences with David Moyes.
Osman feels it is "disappointing" how the relationship between Moyes and Toffees supporters turned sour after he left for Manchester United in 2013.
The manager, who was in charge at Everton for 11 years, lasted just 10 months at Old Trafford before he was sacked in April.
But he angered Toffees fans -- and club officials -- with the way he pursued deals for Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines after joining United.
A joint bid of 28 million pounds for the Belgium midfielder and England left-back in August 2013 was considered so far below their market value that Everton publicly described the offer as "derisory and insulting."
Fellaini ended up moving to Old Trafford at the end of the 2013 summer transfer window for 27.5 million pounds, but multiple attempts to sign Baines failed, and he stayed at Goodison Park.
In his new autobiography "Ossie," extracts of which have been published in the Liverpool Echo, long-serving Everton midfielder Osman, 33, feels that it is time to forgive and forget.
He wrote: "It's disappointing how sour it has since turned between the fans and Moyes after he bought Fellaini and tried to get Leighton Baines.
"He should be welcomed back to Goodison whenever he wants to come -- but it's not the case at the moment and that's really upsetting. I'm disappointed in it all.
"Far too much was made of what happened with Fellaini and Baines. Moyes was doing what we had employed him to do for all those years -- strengthen his squad in whatever way he saw fit. It shouldn't be a surprise."
Osman pointed to the fact that Roberto Martinez -- who replaced Moyes at Goodison Park in 2013 -- quickly returned to former club Wigan to sign defender Antolin Alcaraz, midfielder James McCarthy and striker Arouna Kone, and also brought in Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Joel Robles, who had recently completed a loan spell at the DW Stadium.
Osman added: "Look at Roberto Martinez: He wins the FA Cup at Wigan, gets his move to Everton and goes back to sign four players because he knows them and trusts them.
"It was no surprise that Davie Moyes tried to sign players from Everton. I think, as fans, we should find it easy to forgive him. He loves the club, he really does."
Osman also revealed that Moyes, whose deal at Goodison Park was due to expire in the summer of 2013, did not envisage being offered the United job and said it came as a surprise when Sir Alex Ferguson rang to tell him he would be his replacement.
He wrote: "As the season carried on, David Moyes' contract was running down.
"The talk was that he could well be off at the end of it. Other people were saying he was doing it to try to coax some transfer funds.
"Eventually, with just two games remaining in the season, it was announced that he had been offered the Man United job, replacing the retiring Sir Alex Ferguson.
"After it was confirmed, Moyes called six of the senior players to meet him in the Thistle Hotel in Haydock.
"We all congratulated him and told him he had earned a move like that for all his effort and what he'd done for the club.
"He sat us down and told us it wasn't planned but that he'd received a phone call from Sir Alex, who asked to meet him and then told him he wanted him to be the next manager of Man United.
"Moyesy looked us straight in the eyes and told us he hadn't expected the offer. I absolutely believe what he told us. For me, he ran his contract down so it was easier to get offers like that but I genuinely don't believe he had United on his mind."