David Moyes: Manchester United manager sacked by club

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5. Man United do not have a ton of money.

They are basically functioning as a cash cow for the Glazers who are using United's operating profit to pay off their own debts. Chelsea and Man City only have to ask their sugar daddies for more money. That is not an option for United.

Next season they will lose somewhere in the region of 50 million quid in revenue as a result of not qualifying for the Champions' League.

They are paying Wayne Rooney 300,000 a week for the next five years and there is no way they can get him off the wage bill. No one else will pay him that much and he ain't gonna leave United for a pay cut.

If United do get van Gaal, it will be after the World Cup and he will have a very short time to try and sign players to bolster an aging and inadequate squad. What world class player is going to sign for a club up to its eyes in debt and with no Champions' League football on offer? Also, the whining "senior" players who lost Moyse his job are not going to take to a Dutch disciplinarian and will probably try a similar insurrection next season..

Meanwhile, Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal and Everton will all have moved on