David Moyes named new Sociedad manager

Madrid: David Moyes has returned to football with Spanish strugglers Real Sociedad following his disastrous 10-month spell as Manchester United manager, the Basque club announced late on Monday.“Real Sociedad have reached an agreement with David Moyes to be the coach of the first team until June 30, 2016,” Sociedad said in a statement published on their website.

“Tomorrow (Tuesday) the details for his official presentation and the backroom staff will be finalised.”

Moyes, 51, was sacked in April after less than a season in charge of United as they failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 1995.The Scot enjoyed a broadly successful 11-year spell at Everton prior to taking the job at Old Trafford, although he has yet to win a major trophy as a coach.

Sociedad have been looking for a new coach since Jagoba Arrasate was sacked last weekend after just one win in their opening 10 league games.

However, they responded in style to beat La Liga champions Atletico Madrid 2-1 on Sunday, which saw them move out of the relegation zone.Moyes recently told the BBC that he was interested in coaching overseas.

“It is something that we don’t report enough British managers outside the (British) shores,” he said. “It will actually help the development of coaches, where you can come back and give a bit back to them tell them the experience you have had working in Spain, Italy, Germany or wherever it may be.”