David Moyes will be named as the new manager of Manchester United in the next 24 hours. The Barclays Premier League champions have agreed to appoint the Everton manager as Sir Alex Ferguson’s replacement at Old Trafford.

Ferguson officially announced this morning that he will retire at the end of the season after 26½ years at the Old Trafford helm and United will now turn to another Scot to take up the daunting task of succeeding one of the greatest managers in football history.

Moyes, 50, is out of contract at Goodison Park in the summer and had declined to commit his future to the Merseyside club beyond the summer. He left the club’s training ground at Finch Farm with his brother, who is also