SPORTS: Moyes out
manager is over.
Moyes has been sacked less than one season
into the six-year deal he signed on replacing
Sir Alex Ferguson last summer.
United confirmed the news on their Twitter
feed around 8:30am on Tuesday, although
reports of his imminent exit had been
circulating for almost 24 hours amid silence
from the club.
A short statement thanked Moyes for "the hard
work, honesty and integrity he brought to the
role" during his time in charge.
Ferguson's successor has overseen a slump
from Premier League champions to seventh in
the table, and United will not play Champions
League football next season.
United are also guaranteed their lowest points
total in the Premier League era, and Sunday's
comprehensive defeat at Everton - the club
Moyes left for Old Trafford - was a final
humiliation.
Moyes took just six points from 12 games
against the six teams above United in the
table, but as recently as Sunday he appeared
confident he would be given time and money
to reshape the club's playing squad.
He did sanction deals worth more than £60m
for Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata, but the
task of spending a summer transfer fund
reported to be in the region of £150m will now
fall to his successor.
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