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West Ham boss Moyes slams ex-Man Utd chief Woodward

West Ham United boss David Moyes has taken another swipe at ex-club Manchester United.

The Scottish coach is still upset over the way he was sacked as manager in 2014.

Moyes took over at United from Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013, but did not last the season, and was sacked as soon as the team mathematically missed out on qualification for the Champions League.

During a YouTube interview with businessman Steven Bartlett, Moyes spoke about that sacking.

He said: “I always think you have to give bad news well. You're the boss [ex-United chief Ed Woodward], you run a really big business like Manchester United. If you've got any class or any style, when you're having to give bad news out, it has to be done in a good way.

“I felt the way I was told (about the sacking) wasn't done as well as it should've been. It could've been done better and made a lot easier. Looking back now, you think 'hey, that's life, get on with it' but if you're one of the biggest sports businesses in the world, if not the biggest, you would hope you would do things correctly.

“I found out about my sacking through the media. I tried to make contact and say 'why don't we meet up' but it didn't suit and before I knew it they called me in the day after and the whole world knew about it before I got to know.

“Sometimes people want to get it done right and I didn't think it was right. But I genuinely don't have any real gripe about it because of the industry I'm in."

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