Ferguson described as “nonsense” the suggestion that Moyes had inherited a team in decline and says the problem for the former Everton manager was that he had found it “a massive jump” to move to Old Trafford. “He hadn’t realised just how big United is as a club,” Ferguson writes
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Less than 48 hours before Palace begin their Premier League campaign at Arsenal, Pulis, whose appointment last November triggered a remarkable run from likely relegation to comfortable survival, departed the Selhurst Park club
Van Gaal emerged as United’s preferred choice shortly after David Moyes was sacked but the club asked Ryan Giggs to take temporary charge until the end of the season while they concluded a deal with the Dutchman, who has vast experience of coaching at the top level
“I’ve got to say that walking around the pitch after the last home game of the season against Hull City was probably the emptiest I’ve ever felt on a football field,” Neville said, with a nod towards Tuesday night’s end-of-season ritual, in which the appreciation was entirely one-way from the pitch to the stands
René Meulensteen, one of the coaches who left after Moyes took over, said Ferguson’s successor had only himself to blame for being sacked because he had “under-estimated” the size of the job at Old Trafford
Welsh by birth, Gigg has appeared 631 times for Manchester United, winning 13 titles and scoring 109 goals
Moyes claims he instructed Danny Welbeck to do extra training which the striker denies a few days later in the first sign of a fracture in their relationship that came to head with Sunday’s revelations he is considering his future
Wilf McGuinness ended up taking solace in a bottle of sherry when it was his turn. “It was as if the world had ended,” he recalled many years later
Moyes replaced Sir Alex Ferguson last summer on a six-year contract, but he has been relieved of his duties after Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Everton, which left the club unable to qualify for the Champions League
The chief concern for the board is how badly the side have played throughout the season, with little sign of improvement
First-half goals by Leighton Baines from the penalty spot and Kevin Mirallas kept Everton one point behind fourth-placed Arsenal with three games left, and guaranteed United won’t be playing in Europe’s top competition next season
Now United manager, David Moyes, unable to call on England striker, Wayne Rooney, because of a toe problem, can take his squad to Germany with extra belief for the return leg of the quarter-final with Bayern
The Spaniard declined to accuse Rooney after the match but he did not hide his dismay at the sending-off
Christian Benteke missed two glorious chances to draw Villa level before Spaniard Juan Mata scored his first goal since his £37 million (NZ$71.1 million) move from Chelsea in January
Sir Alex Ferguson was verbally abused by some fans as he sat in the directors’ box over his decision last summer to anoint Moyes as his successor
Olympiakos threatened throughout to grab the goal that would see the Greek side advance on away goals, but United defended stoically and can now look forward to a tie against one of Europe’s truly elite sides in the next round
Meanwhile, Nigerian international, Victor Moses, is still bench-ridden as he watched from the sidelines as his teammates taught the Red Devils football lesson before their home fans at Old Trafford
United rarely looked in trouble and substitute, Danny Welbeck, rounded off the win, which moved Moyes’ team up to sixth in the Barclays Premier League
The manager has endured a dreadful start at United, with the club seventh in the Premier League, and the fans have witnessed five defeats at Old Trafford since Moyes took over from Sir Alex Ferguson