What’s left to say? Even if there was anything new, nobody is listening. This narrative is written. The capsule buried.

My own disappointment at the resignation of Sir Alex Ferguson as manager of Manchester United derives from two related points.

Trawl back through any of the profiles of David Moyes written over the last five years or so and, sooner or later, you’ll come across some variation of the phrase: “widely tipped to one day succeed Alex Ferguson as manager of Manchester United”.

A proud and passionate Scotsman who learned his football the hard way on the streets of Glasgow; a man feared andrespected for his forthright approach and unwillingness to suffer fools gladly; a supporter of the Labour Party with a love for horse racing, but an obsession for football; an instinctive man-manager who lives and breathes the beautiful game and who strives every day for victory.

David Moyes has declared himself ready to meet the challenge of following the most successful manager English football has ever known.

It’s a fascinatingly old fashioned approach from a club which has embraced modernity like no other

Everton are confident they will have no difficulty in attracting a top-class replacement for David Moyes after he was appointed Alex Ferguson’s successor at Manchester United.

Alex Ferguson’s retirement has provoked an extraordinary response right across Europe, a wave of emotion almost comparable to the day Seve Ballesteros died, exactly two years earlier.

It was early 2013, not long after the clubs had been drawn together in the Champions League, that officials from Manchester United informally sounded Real Madrid out about an idea.

A capacity crowd chanting his name, the Eiffel Tower in the background: even by his own glamorous standards, David Beckham got a special send-off on Saturday as he headed into retirement with another title in the bag.

Man City 2 Norwich 3

Chelsea 2 Everton 1

West Brom 5 Man Utd 5

Newcastle 0 Arsenal 1

Arsenal did it.

Rafael Benitez yesterday declined to reveal if he will take part in his Chelsea squad’s lap of appreciation following tomorrow’s final match of the season at Stamford Bridge.

Friday mornings at Carrington, Manchester United’s state-of-the-art training facility, will never be the same again, that is for sure.

One of David Beckham’s best friends in football, Gary Neville, believes the retiring superstar succeeded in both transforming and transcending the sport.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger expects another “game of musical chairs” as top clubs around Europe swap managers this summer — but has again stressed he is not planning to go anywhere just yet.

IT WAS one of those rare perfect moments.