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Moyes to lead Man United next season

Filling the shoes of Sir Alex Ferguson is a huge task for anyone in world football but Manchester United have decided to go for David Moyes to take over the reins at Old Trafford from his fellow Scot. Nicknamed ‘The Chosen One’, Everton manager David Moyes was yesterday announced as the new Manchester United who will start his 6-year spell from July 1. United’s official website quotes Ferguson talking about his successor, “When we discussed the candidates that we felt had the right attributes we unanimously agreed on David Moyes.  David is a man of great integrity with a strong work ethic. I've admired his work for a long time and approached him as far back as 1998 to discuss the position of Assistant Manager here. He was a young man then at the start of his career and has since gone on to do a magnificent job at Everton. There is no question he has all the qualities we expect of a manager at this Club.”

Current Everton manager David Moyes has been officially announced as the successor to Sir Alex Ferguson, as the next Manchester United Manager. The 50 year old was recommended for the post by Sir Alex Ferguson, himself, and received the unanimous approval of the Manchester United Board.

Announcing his successor at Old Trafford, the Legendary Scot Sir Alex Ferguson said: "When we discussed the candidates that we felt had the right attributes we unanimously agreed on David Moyes.  David is a man of great integrity with a strong work ethic. I've admired his work for a long time and approached him as far back as 1998 to discuss the position of Assistant Manager here. He was a young man then at the start of his career and has since gone on to do a magnificent job at Everton. There is no question he has all the qualities we expect of a manager at this Club.”

While announcing his decision to hang up his coaching boots, Sir Alex told the media how he was planning to leave Manchester United in the finest shape possible. Though the statement appeared cryptic at the time, he might have, in all probability, been talking about his former player, Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Daily Mail reported that David Gill, the outgoing chief executive at the club, flew to Madrid and met Jorge Mendes, Ronaldo's agent. Following this revelation, it has been reported that Manchester United are confident in securing the Portuguese’s return to Old Trafford.

In another extraordinary turn of events that is set to take the English football universe by shock, Chelsea are challenging Bayern Munich’s efforts to sign striker Wayne Rooney from rivals Manchester United. It is reported that Chelsea’s billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has personally ratified an impressive £30million bid for the 27 year old forward, who had an appeal for a move away from Old Trafford rejected by Sir Alex Ferguson, a fortnight ago.

It is believed that the Blues’ representatives have established contact with Rooney’s agent, and it might be too late to hold him back by the time David Moyes takes over from Ferguson.

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Moyes favorite to land United job, Rooney nears exit

The football world is yet to recover from the aftermath of the announcement of Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement but speculation has been rife about who will succeed the Scot at Old Trafford. David Moyes has emerged as the frontrunner to take over at Manchester United next season but the Everton manager will have a tough job at hand convincing Wayne Rooney to stay at the club. The Telegraphunderstands that Rooney has grown frustrated with the lack of status at the club and asked Ferguson for a transfer 2 weeks back, which the gaffer turned down.

But with PSG and Bayern Munich expressing interest in signing the England international, Rooney could follow Ferguson out of the exit doors at United. Meanwhile, the Mirror reports that Chelsea are considering a £30million move for Rooney with Blues owner Roman Abramovich personally sanctioning a raid of the United star. Despite reports suggesting that Bayern are close to agreeing a deal for Rooney, Chelsea are eager to trump the Bundesliga champions and want the United star to lead their line under Jose Mourinho next season.

Sir Alex Ferguson has finally called it a day. His nearly 27 year reign at Old Trafford will reach its logical conclusion at the end of this season. 8th May 2013 will always be remembered as a very emotional day for Manchester United fans all around the world.

However, once they have finished drying their tears, the club supporters are going to find themselves in a very unfamiliar position. They are going to have to hire a new manager. Unlike Chelsea, who have had over a dozen managers in the last decade, United fans of this generation have known the one.

On March 5th, 2013, a few minutes after Referee Cuneyt Cakir decided to send Nani off with a straight red card, a decision highly criticised by many, one could see the anger writ on Sir Alex Ferguson’s face. A few minutes later, the lean figure of Jose Mourinho could be seen slinking towards the Manchester United dugout to, what seemed like, agree with him that the foul wasn’t worthy of a red card. The respect Jose had for the legend was unmistakable in his actions, his press conferences. He had recently expressed his desire to manage the Red Devils if the Scot was ever to retire.

Now that his wish has come true, Jose Mourinho has become a close second favorite to take over the reins at Old Trafford.