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David Moyes sacked, Giggs to replace him until end of season
Manchester United manager sacked with immediate effect with club legend Ryan Giggs set to take charge until the end of the season
Ryan Giggs (left) is set to replace the departed David Moyes (right) until the end of the season
The news Manchester United fans had been expecting since yesterday finally broke out. David Moyes has been sacked by Manchester United with immediate effect.
The club's chief executive Ed Woodward arrived at United's traing grounds in Carrington at 8am on Tuesday morning to inform the Scottish manager in person that his contract would be terminated immediatly.
Club legand and United's most decorated player Ryan Giggs will take temporary charge for Saturday's home match with Norwich City.
BREAKING: Manchester United announces that David Moyes has left the club. (part 1 of 2) #mufc
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 22, 2014Moyes 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.
Netherlands coach Louis Van Gaal, Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp, Atletico Madrid's manager Diego Simeone and Paris Saint-Germain's Laurent Blanc have already been tipped as possible successors to Moyes.
United lie seventh in the table with four games left and cannot qualify for next season's Champions League following Sunday's 2-0 loss at Everton.
Whatever happens in those remaining matches, United will record their lowest ever points tally in the Premier League.
Moyes was handed a six-year-deal after being chosen by former United manager Sir Alex Ferguson to replace his fellow Scot after 26 years in charge of Old Trafford.
