Manchester United confirmed on Tuesday that David Moyes has been
dismissed as manager after just 10 months on the job. Ryan Giggs will be
interim coach, the club announced.Manchester United have already made the first steps toward bringing in Louis van Gaal, Old Trafford
Exactly a year after winning a record-extending 20th English
championship, United dismissed Moyes during a meeting at the training
ground on Tuesday morning.
Moyes replaced Sir Alex Ferguson last summer on a six-year contract, but was relieved of his duties after Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to former club Everton, which left the club unable to qualify for the Champions League.
A terse, two-line statement on the club’s official website read: “Manchester United has announced that David Moyes has left the club.
“The club would like to place on record its thanks for the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role.”
Ryan Giggs, who had worked as player-coach under Moyes this season, will take temporary charge of the club, but there has been speculation for some time over Moyes’ permanent successor.
The
62-year-old Van Gaal had been expected to join Tottenham Hotspur as
recently as February, but White Hart Lane sources say Van Gaal has
become extremely cool on that prospect over the last two months and his
position has completely changed -- perhaps because Van Gaal had been
informed the United post could become open to him.
Earlier this month, United denied reports of discussions with Van Gaal, who will leave the Netherlands after the World Cup, but Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf
claimed on Tuesday that the former Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich
boss was headed to Portugal for talks with co-chairman Joel Glazer.
Former United defender Laurent Blanc, currently in charge of Paris Saint-Germain, has also been linked with the role along with Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone, although the Argentine does not speak English.
On Monday afternoon, news of the Scot’s impending departure broke,
and although United insisted the manager had “definitely” not been
sacked, the club did not deny the stories that his exit was imminent.
Following the news, Sean Bones, vice-chair at Manchester United
Supporters Trust (MUST), told Sky Sports News that he felt the situation
had been handled badly, saying: “This has been done without class and
dignity. It’s wrong to brief journalists the day before.”
United will finish the campaign with their lowest-ever Premier League
point total, having lost 11 of their 34 games so far. They have also
lost 10 of their 22 games in all competitions in 2014 and are certain to
finish outside the top three for the first time since 1990.
Moyes took United to the Champions League quarterfinals, but his reign
also included a Capital One Cup semifinal defeat to Sunderland, when
United missed four of their penalties in the shootout, and an FA Cup
third-round exit to Swansea at Old Trafford.
Moyes made two major signings as United manager, bringing in Marouane
Fellaini from his former club Everton in September for 27.5 million
pounds and Juan Mata from Chelsea in January for a club-record 37.1
million pounds.
There have been reports of unrest among United players, always denied,
during his reign but the club, who claimed 89 points to become Premier
League champions last year, are enduring their worst season for a
quarter of a century.
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