“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.”Moyes was informed of the decision this morning at the club’s Carrington training ground, said Sky News’ Paul Kelso.Chief executive Ed Woodward is said to have told Moyes the news face to face.Speculation over his sacking started yesterday, after United’s 2-0 weekend defeat to Moyes’ former club Everton.The
result left them in seventh and meant it was mathematically impossible
for the Premier League champions to qualify for next season’s Champions
League.The
team have lost 11 times this season, six of them at home, and also
endured defeats to bitter rivals Manchester City and Liverpool.There has reportedly been discontent among some of the club’s top players during Moyes’ brief time at Old Trafford.
Moyes
was handpicked by Sir Alex Ferguson as his successor and awarded a
six-year contract but is now in line for a sizeable pay-off after less
than a year in charge.Former Manchester United star Gary Neville told Sky: “The results have been poor as a fan. I haven’t enjoyed watching it.“The
performances have got worse and worse. There was a little bit a
pick-me-up at Christmas where you thought there might be a little bit of
a run.“But
in the last month or two the performances have deteriorated –
Olympiakos, Liverpool and the Everton one were particular low points.”Favourites
to replace the Scot include Louis van Gaal, the manager of the Dutch
national side, and Borussia Dotmund boss Jurgen Klopp.
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