Moyes linked to top job in Galatasaray

London: David Moyes is contemplating a return to management with Turkish side Galatasaray as he looks to rebuild his reputation following his brutally swift sacking by Manchester United.

Moyes, who was fired just 10 months after Sir Alex Ferguson chose him as his successor, has travelled to Istanbul to discuss the possibility of succeeding former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini at Galatasaray.

The Turkish club have tried to play down the significance of the visit, declaring their preferred targets as US national coach Jurgen Klinsmann and Germany’s national team manager Joachim Loew.

They have not denied Moyes has shown an interest in taking his first position abroad but insist he is there as part of a fact-finding exercise. That would tally with Moyes’s stated desire to travel across Europe in order to study different clubs and coaching techniques, although it has also been claimed in Turkey that the 51-year-old has been offered the job and has asked for some time to think about it.

“The president said that we just spoke with David Moyes,” a Galatasaray spokesman said.

“He said that he can come to Galatasaray, but he is not one of the main targets for us. They just spoke to each other, exchanging ideas — that it is it. We are not in a rush, we are waiting for the end of the World Cup. The first two targets are Loew or Klinsmann.”

Whether either Low or Klinsmann want to manage in a relatively unfashionable European league is another matter. Moyes has always been receptive to the idea of managing abroad and would be able to get on with rebuilding his career in relative peace, in much the same way the former England manager Steve McClaren did with FC Twente in Holland.