Moyes kimenuka, atimuliwa Man U

Manchester United manager David Moyes has been sacked, only 10 months after succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson.

He was dismissed at a meeting with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward at the club's Carrington training ground shortly after 0800 BST.

Moyes, 50, was chosen by Ferguson as the man to succeed him when he retired after 26 years in charge last summer. 

Player-coach Ryan Giggs is expected to take charge of United's next game at home against Norwich on Saturday.

Moyes's backroom staff of Steve Round, Phil Neville, Jimmy Lumsden and Chris Woods are also likely to depart.

"The club would like to place on record its thanks for the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role."

However United finally announced Moyes' departure on their official Twitter account on Tuesday morning, with the superficial three-line statement also on their official website:
In an ironic twist, United's 2-0 defeat to Everton - on Moyes' first return to Goodison Park since leaving for Old Trafford last summer - proved to be the final straw after what has been a dismal campaign for the club.

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BREAKING: The club would like to place on record its thanks for the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role.

However United finally announced Moyes' departure on their official Twitter account on Tuesday morning, with the superficial three-line statement also on their official website:
In an ironic twist, United's 2-0 defeat to Everton - on Moyes' first return to Goodison Park since leaving for Old Trafford last summer - proved to be the final straw after what has been a dismal campaign for the club.

Read more at http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/301477.html#gcB4AuIfu3TzsWSc.99

United had insisted that Moyes was still their manager on Monday, but refused to deny widespread reports the Scot was to be dismissed.

The former captain Gary Neville, who made over 600 appearances for United, had called on the club to clear up the situation.

"I have to say I find it repulsive the way these rumours break," Neville, who won 17 major trophies at Old Trafford, told Sky Sports. 

"I don't like it, I'll never get used to it, even though this is the world we live in. It needs to be clarified pretty quickly by the club and they need to break rank and do what they don't usually do, which is make a statement pretty quickly.

"The weight and explosion of the information coming out concerns me. That club, for 20-odd years, contained and managed information. It was completely off the scale like nothing else that's happened at the club in 20 years."

Daily Mail