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UTD To Sack Moyes This Week. Giggs To Set To Rule For Four Weeks

United owners the Glazer family have decided to cut their loses and call time on Moyes’ disastrous reign just 11 months after he replaced Sir Alex Ferguson.Moyes was still in charge last night, but reports show that United intend to dismiss him before the end of the week.
And if Moyes’ axing can be completed as planned, the club are expected to turn to United legend Ryan Giggs to steady the ship for the final four games of the season.But Holland boss Van Gaal is United’s No.1 choice to be the next permanent manager at Old Trafford.The former Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Ajax coach has made no secret of his interest in the job and wants a chance to manage in the Premier League following this summer’s World Cup.

He has been courted by Tottenham, but is understood to prefer the Old Trafford job.

Other contenders include Jurgen Klopp, Laurent Blanc and Diego Simeone as United face the ultimate humiliation of having to admit they made a huge mistake in giving Moyes the job in the first place.

Their American billionaire owners have been left shocked by the rapid decline of the team this season.

The Premier League champions have lost 11 league games and languish in seventh place in the table.

Sunday’s defeat at Everton – Moyes’ old club – guaranteed United won’t be in the Champions League next season for the first time in almost two decades.United are even struggling to secure a place in the Europa League and Moyes’s brief reign has turned into a disaster.The Glazers have backed Moyes up until now but the 2-0 loss at Goodison Park was the final straw.

Giggs is now expected to be asked to step in as caretaker boss until the end of the season if the Glazers sack Moyes in the next few days.

The former Everton boss was hand picked by Fergie last summer following his decision to retire.

But Moyes has struggled to cope with one of the biggest jobs in world football and has looked out of his depth from the start.Everton was one poor performance too many for the Glazers.

United have had one of the worst seasons in their history, amid claims the players have not bought into Moyes’s training methods and future plans.There have been reports of bust-ups with Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Robin van Persie while constant defeats have left them trailing league leaders and bitter rivals Liverpool by a staggering 23 points.Moyes inherited a team that won the title last season and he has also signed Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini for a combined £64m.

But United have gone backwards at a rate of knots and are now guaranteed their lowest ever Premier League points total and worst finish since 1990.

Moyes signed a six-year-deal last summer worth £5m-a-season but a clause in it means United bosses won’t have to give him the full amount as compensation.

The club’s share price dipped yesterday as the New York Stock Exchange reacted to news of Moyes’ fate.