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Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj has chosen to play international football for Belgium, according to coach Marc Wilmots.

David Moyes thanked pretty much everyone at Manchester United bar his former players when he spoke publicly about his dismissal for the first time.

As Manchester United’s players yesterday jogged through their first training session in the aftermath of David Moyes’ sacking under the tuition of some familiar faces, the sceptre of another — one Roy Maurice Keane — was hovering over the Carrington training ground.

While Ireland international manager Martin O’Neill was non-committal on his assistant Roy Keane being linked with a possible role at Manchester United, Hull City and Republic of Ireland midfielder David Meyler believes his fellow Corkman would be well up to the task.

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has ruled himself out of the running to replace David Moyes but says Manchester United’s decision to sack the embattled the Scot came as no surprise.

Everton’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League have been dealt a blow with the news Kevin Mirallas will miss the rest of the season.

“The end of a totally failed experiment,” says Germany’s main football paper Kicker and their verdict more or less sums up the European reaction to Manchester United’s decision to part company with David Moyes.

The questions Manchester United must ask their managerial candidates:

Now the dust is beginning to settle on Manchester United’s sacking of David Moyes, and as critics root through the reasons for his departure and the list of possible replacements, there remains another hugely important question to answer: Where does Alex Ferguson fit into it all?

Former Ireland U21 international Michael Keane is adamant his long-time friend David Moyes will bounce back from his ‘harsh’ sacking by Manchester United.

Ryan Giggs produced the defining moment of Manchester United’s greatest season, 15 years later he finds himself tasked with lifting the Red Devils from their lowest ebb for a generation.

Louis Van Gaal’s prospective appointment as the new Manchester United manager this summer could spell bad news for the FAI as the Dutchman is looking towards having Roy Keane as his assistant, the Irish Examiner understands.

WORLD CUP GROUP D:

Miguel Delaney and Julian Bennetts debate the question of the day.

Robin van Persie admits Holland face a challenge of expectation as they prepare to take on Australia.

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque could make wholesale changes for this evening’s make-or-break World Cup Group B game against Chile in Rio.

Fernando Torres has warned that Spain are prepared to win at all costs against Chile tonight (8pm) — even if it means abandoning their usual stylish football.

A radiator salesman called Phil Neville has offered to do a job swap with his football commentator namesake — after receiving abuse intended for the former defender on Twitter.

How Belgium went from Euro 2000 no-hopers to many people’s outside picks to win the World Cup in Brazil.