By Ehi Ekhator
Following the sack of the former manager, David Moyes of Machester United, the club has announce that the most decorated player, Ryan Giggs to assume responsibility for the first team until a permanent appointment is made.The club added that it will no longer make further comments until it is concluded.
David Moyes has been sacked by Manchester United with immediate effect.
Chief executive Ed Woodward arrived at Carrington at 8am on Tuesday morning to inform the Scot face-to-face of the news.
Moyes had already been informed of his fate and thanked club staff at the training complex in anticipation of his departure. The players were not present at the time.
A tweet on the club’s official Twitter account read: ‘BREAKING: Manchester United announces 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.’
It emerged on Monday that United’s owners, the Glazer family, had lost patience with Moyes after a dismal season that has seen the reigning Barclays Premier League champions slump to seventh in the table.
The final straw was Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Everton, their 11th in the Barclays Premier League this season, and a result that left the title holders 13 points off the Champions League places.
Prominent Manchester United boardroom members, are no longer happy with manager David Moyes and are considering sacking the former Everton boss, according to club sources.
According to ESPN, the Glazer family owners are now more open to replacing Moyes, who has endured a torrid start to his career as United coach. And although they will continue to back the beleaguered Scot, the next week could prove to be the deal breaker. The Red Devils must overturn a two-goal deficit against Olympiakos, to qualify for the quarter-finals of th UEFA Champions League, before travelling to West Ham and then playing their fierce rivals in the Manchester derby next Tuesday.
If United fail to progress past the last 16 in Europe and perform badly in the next two league games, it might force the Glazers’ hands. Old Trafford sources also claim that Moyes’ predecessor, Sir Alex Ferguson, no longer backs his fellow Scot as vocally as before at boardroom level but it is believed that Bobby Charlton is still firmly behind the 50-year-old.
Although plans have already been made to cope financially, if the club fails to qualify for next season’s Champions League, the board is also nervous about sponsors complaining about being linked with failure. (0)
