Moyes Agrees United Terms

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David Moyes and Manchester United have reached agreement over the terms of his departure from the club, the League Managers Association has confirmed.

Moyes was sacked on Tuesday following Sunday’s 2-0 Premier League defeat to Everton which meant that it was mathematically impossible for United to qualify for the Champions League next season.

Reports have suggested that Moyes had a clause in his six-year contract that allowed United to only pay him one year’s wages, around 4.5 million pounds, should they fire him for failing to reach the top four.

The full details of the agreement have not yet been disclosed, the LMA said in a statement.

The LMA had earlier criticised United’s handling of Moyes’ departure after news of his sacking broke in various British newspapers the day before it was confirmed.

Richard Bevan, the LMA’s chief executive, said: “The LMA is very disappointed with the nature of David's departure from Manchester United and to read extensive reports in the press, confirming David's sacking, before David himself had been spoken to officially by the club. 

“Throughout his time at United, David, as he always does, has conducted himself with integrity and professionalism, values that he believes in and that have been strongly associated with the club and its rich tradition. It is therefore sad to see the end of David's tenure at United being handled in an unprofessional manner.”

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Bevan Fears More Foreign Owners

Several foreign-owned Premier League clubs want to scrap relegation, according to League Managers Association (LMA) chief Richard Bevan.

Bevan fears that if more clubs are sold to foreign investors they may have enough votes to force changes.

But the Premier League said relegation and promotion were part of its rules and added to the league's strength.

Bevan hopes that a parliamentary inquiry into football governance would also help prevent the proposal.

"We're very keen that the report is successful in helping the Football Association introduce a licensing programme for clubs," he said.

"Because there are a number of overseas-owned clubs already talking about bringing about the avoidance of promotion and relegation in the Premier League.

"If we have four or five more new owners, that could happen."

Nearly half of the Premier League's 20 clubs are under foreign ownership, with rules stipulating that if changes are to be made to the format, 14 clubs must vote in favour of any new reforms.

Blackburn joined the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea in this class when they were taken over by Indian-owned Venky's Group last season.

But the Premier League told BBC Sport that the move would be a non-starter, with the Football Association retaining the power to veto any proposals.

The Premier League clubs have not formally discussed any such move since Bolton chairman Phil Gartside proposed his two-tiered structure two years ago, an idea which was soon dismissed.

However, Bevan still believes it is a possibility, arguing any new owner of a Premier League club would not need to be foreign for them to see there would be money to be made from scrapping relegation.

"It doesn't really matter if you're from overseas or not, does it?" he said. "It doesn't matter whether you're from Birmingham or you're from Burma."

A Premier League spokesman said that they did not recognise LMA chief executive Bevan's claims, which come a week after the government demanded changes to the way that football is run.

Sports minister Hugh Robertson said that an FA-led licensing system would be brought in to safeguard against issues such as financial mismanagement, asset-stripping owners and tax avoidance.

The government also asked for rules to manage club debts and an overhaul of the FA board.

Last Wednesday, Liverpool's managing director Ian Ayre said the Premier League's overseas television revenues should be skewed in favour of big clubs.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOREIGN OWNERS

Aston Villa (Randy Lerner)

Blackburn (Venky's Group)

Chelsea (Roman Abramovich)

Fulham (Mohamed Al Fayed)

Liverpool (Fenway Sports Group)

Manchester United (Glazer family)

Manchester City (Sheikh Mansour)

Sunderland (Ellis Short)

QPR (Tony Fernandes)

*Arsenal's Stan Kroenke is a majority shareholder