莫耶斯原来是英超埃弗顿队的主教练，在去年曼联老帅弗格森退休后，接手了拥有辉煌历史的曼彻斯特联队，合同期为6年。但是一个赛季下来，他在帅位上待了仅仅316天，就因成绩糟糕而遭到解职。曼联目前在英超20支球队中仅排名第7位，失去了参加下个赛季欧冠比赛的资格。最近，早有关莫耶斯去职的传言。22日早晨，曼联的拥有者――格雷泽家族正式做出决定，通知了莫耶斯本人和他的教练班子成员一同离开曼联。因为执教成绩没有达到合同规定，莫耶斯将只能得到相当于一年薪水的补偿。曼联发表的声明说，球队对莫耶斯在任期间的艰苦工作、诚实及团结精神表示感谢。

　　David Moyes has been sacked by Manchester United with immediate effect.

　　Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward arrived at Carrington at 8am on Tuesday morning to tell the Scot face-to-face.

　　Ryan Giggs will take temporary charge for the rest of the season as interim manager, while Phil Neville has kept his job within the club's backroom staff.

　　Moyes 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, with the former boss leaving the training base at 12.55pm.

　　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.'

　　Moyes's loyal coaches Steve Round and Jimmy Lumsden have been relieved of their duties.

　　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 Premier League this season, and a result that left the title holders 13 points off the Champions League places.

　　United are confident of landing Holland coach Louis van Gaal as his replacement once they have tied up details of the manager's severance package.

　　The Old Trafford hierarchy have already made contact with the Dutchman and he wants to join United after the World Cup, while Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp has ruled himself out of any potential move to Manchester.

　　Moyes has been sacked having not even completed 12 months of a six-year contract and will receive a hefty compensation package.