KUTOKA VYOMBA VYA HABARI VYA NJE: United make move for Louis van Gaal. Source ESPN

Manchester United have already made the first steps
towards bringing Louis van Gaal in to replace sacked
manager David Moyes, Old Trafford sources have told
ESPN FC.
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Having confirmed that Ryan Giggs will take temporary
charge on Tuesday morning, United are prepared to
keep an open mind about their next permanent boss and
will investigate other high-profile options, but the
Dutchman’s availability and evident willingness have
ensured United moved to make contact.
Van Gaal, who leaves his post as Netherlands boss after
the World Cup this summer, is seen as the likeliest
successor, potentially as a medium-term option until
United can appoint one of the other alternatives they are
still considering at this point.
The 62-year-old had been expected to join Tottenham
Hotspur as recently as February, and ex-Netherlands
star Ruud Gullit later told the BBC he thought it was a
“done deal,” but White Hart Lane sources say Van Gaal
has become extremely cool on that prospect over the
last two months and his position has completely
changed -- perhaps because the Dutchman had been
informed the United post could become open to him.
That, however, will not stop last season's Premier
League champions pursuing other avenues and seeing
what progress could be made with potential candidates
such as Juergen Klopp. Chief executive Ed Woodward is
known to be a huge fan of the German, but Borussia
Dortmund have told ESPN FC he will not leave and the
manager himself also ruled out an exit. United may still
test the waters to see how firm those sentiments are.
Whatever happens, the process will be very different
from the appointment of Moyes, with Sir Alex Ferguson’s
role greatly reduced after this season's debacle.
United's owners, the Glazer family, will assume an
increased and more direct influence in a more
business-like process, following on from the active
interest they took in managerial performance since
United’s FA Cup defeat to Swansea City in January.
That was the first time the club’s hierarchy began to
contemplate sacking Moyes, with the Glazers previously
much more detached as a consequence of the idea the
former Everton manager would be a long-term
appointment.
According to ESPN FC sources, by Sunday’s 2-0 defeat
at Goodison Park, almost everyone of significance at the
club had turned against Moyes -- the playing staff,
many directors and a number of sponsors. The Glazers
also wanted to ensure that the inevitable sacking
happened long before the World Cup, in order to allow
proper time to plan.
Meanwhile, sources state Moyes is only ever likely to
get compensation amounting to one or two years' worth
of the six-year contract he signed last summer. One
point of negotiation as regards that deal was the failure
to qualify for the Champions League, or to reach any
other acceptable target.