Giggs, 40, has been put in temporary charge after
Moyes was sacked following just 10 months in the
job.
But the Premier League club feel an experienced
manager is needed to turn things round after this
season's slump.
Gary Lineker thinks United are "in crisis" after their
worst season since the Premier League began.
"They have not qualified for the Champions League
and are in a worse situation than 12 months ago,"
said the BBC Match of the Day presenter and
former England captain.
"Then they had lost their manager. This time they
don't even know whether they are going to be in
European football next season."
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane,
speaking to ITV Sport, said Moyes should have
been given more time and accused the players of
letting the manager down.
"Some of the players should be ashamed of
themselves," he said.
"To be seventh is disappointing - and he will take
responsibility for that - but I don't think he's had
that support he needed and he deserved more
time."
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, talking before the
club's Champions League semi-final first-leg at
Atletico Madrid, added: "I just feel sorry for David,
like I feel sorry for every manager that loses his
job."
Moyes took over in July 2013 following the
retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, who won 38
trophies, including 13 league titles and two
Champions League crowns, in a 26-year reign,
Robbie Savage, who was in the United youth ranks
with Giggs and was also a team-mate with Wales,
says the club need an experienced head as they
look to rebuild their squad over the summer.
"In the future, Ryan can be a successful manager,"
Savage told BBC Sport. "But going forward it's such
a huge transfer window for United that they need an
experienced man at the helm.
"Keeping Ryan as assistant manager would be a
great idea. He has United in his blood and has won
countless trophies.
"He would be able to learn the ropes from a
manager who has won trophies and been there and
done it."
Giggs, the most decorated player in English football,
has yet to decide whether to continue his playing
career.
After winning 13 Premier League titles and the
Champions League twice with United, as well as the
FA Cup four times and the League Cup three times,
his current contract runs out at the end of the
season.
It is understood United's hierarchy reached their
decision to dispense with Moyes reluctantly but
also in the knowledge they had little alternative.
They were forced to bring forward a public
announcement when British newspapers began
reporting the 50-year-old Scot's tenure was set to
end.
Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Everton means United,
currently seventh in the Premier League, will miss
out on the Champions League for the first time in 18
years.
It would also now take a favourable sequence of
results for them to secure a place in the Europa
League.
Poor results are not the only factor to count against
Moyes, who was sacked a year to the day after
United were crowned champions.
United officials hope Giggs will be able to restore a
sense of bullishness to the club, as well as a return
to the positivity and attacking philosophy for which
the club are so well known.
As the search for a second manager in less than a
year begins, Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola
appear to be out of reach.
Klopp says his contract with Borussia Dortmund is
"unbreakable", while Guardiola has guided Bayern
to the Bundesliga title and Champions League
semi-finals in his first season in charge.
It leaves Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal in a
strong position, given Carlo Ancelotti is under
contract at Real Madrid and both Diego Simeone
and former United defender Laurent Blanc,
presently at Atletico Madrid and Paris St-Germain
respectively, have never coached in England.
Van Gaal's managerial curriculum vitae is
impressive.
The 62-year-old won three Dutch titles with Ajax
between 1991-97, as well as the 1995 Champions
League. He then secured two La Liga crowns at
Barcelona and enjoyed Bundesliga success at
Bayern Munich in 2010.
Savage believes he would be the perfect fit for
United and has a great relationship with striker
Robin van Persie.
"If Manchester United don't invest heavily in the
next transfer window, then they will go backwards,"
added the former Leicester City, Birmingham City,
Blackburn Rovers and Derby County midfielder.
"Van Gaal is a fantastic manager who has been
there and done it and will command respect."
Former United goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw
says Van Gaal has an impressive pedigree.
"He has proved he's a good manager," Van der
Gouw told BBC Radio 5 live. "He's a champion in
Holland, Germany and Spain. He can be a good
manager for United."
Van der Gouw also insisted Moyes was always
likely to find it hard making an impact at Old
Trafford.
"If you have to go to a big club like United, you need
experience," he said. "It's a big step to go from
Everton to Manchester United. It's a much bigger
club, much more responsibility."
Former Manchester United manager Wilf
McGuinness succeeded Sir Matt Busby in June
1969, taking over in similar circumstances to
Moyes when his predecessor moved upstairs.
McGuinness reached three cup semi-finals, but
failed to win any silverware and was sacked in
December 1970.
"Everybody hopes to go to clubs like Manchester
United and stay the rest of their lives, but
unfortunately it did not work out," he told Radio 5
live.
"I'm sorry to see him go. It was a tricky job, but
Manchester United must have success and win
things."
Asked if there were similarities with his own
situation at Manchester United, McGuinness added:
"That's right, but it didn't work and several others
found that out as well."
Despite United's current troubles, club officials
believe they can regain ground quickly. "Reports of
our demise have been greatly exaggerated," one
club source told BBC Sport.
The finance is certainly available to strengthen the
squad, as it would have been had Moyes remained
in charge. United are also convinced their absence
from the Champions League need not be too much
of a handicap in the recruitment process.
But Lineker believes the players need to improve
their attitude.
"There is no question the players let David Moyes
down," said the former Barcelona, Everton,
Tottenham and Leicester striker.
"I hear pretty much first-hand that some of the
players were pretty dismissive of the new regime.
That is poor professionalism.
"Some of them have probably made life quite
difficult for David Moyes."
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
KUTOKA VYOMBO VYA HABARI VYA NJE: Man Utd begin hunt but Giggs not in race. Source BBC
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