Five reasons why Americans should care that David Moyes was fired as manager of the Manchester United Football Club in England.
1) Man U is owned by Malcolm and Linda Glazer of Palm Beach, Fla., and their six kids. Sons Joel and Avram are co-chairmen of the team.
2) The team, valued at $3.165 billion, is topped only by Real Madrid as the most valuable sports franchise in the world.
3) Manchester United is a publicly held corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
4) Sir Alex Ferguson, who handpicked Moyes as his successor after winning 13 Premier League trophies, is now lecturing at Harvard Business School on leadership.
5) Ferguson once kicked a shoe into David Beckham’s face, giving him two stitches, and blamed Beckham’s Posh Spice wife for his deteriorating talent. “He fell in love with Victoria. And that changed everything,” Ferguson said.