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David Moyes

Moyes spent over a decade at Everton where he won universal praise and the League Managers' Association annual award three times. 

But after leaving to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United his stock fell considerably with each poor result before he was sacked after just 10 months.

Things did not go much better for him at his next job, in Spain with Real Sociedad, who was sacked a day before his one-year anniversary at the club.

Your reaction to Garry Monk's departure as Swansea manager.

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James Kirk: Monk will always be a club legend but he had clearly lost the dressing room. Not enough funds to buy a squad in new January.

Lee: A bad patch of results isn't grounds for sacking, but an apparent inability to change it is. 1 win in 11? Gotta go.  

Dave Payn: Well, as dumb decisions go, Swansea giving Garry Monk the heave-ho is right up there.  

Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins says the decision to part with manager Garry Monk was “made very reluctantly and with a heavy heart".

Monk's former Swansea team-mate Owain Tudur Jones has tweeted to say the Swans' ex-captain "deserved the chance to stay on and get @SwansOfficial, external out of trouble".

Match of the Day presenter and former England striker Gary Lineker has also had his say... 

Your reaction to Garry Monk leaving Swansea...

David Cann: All it takes is a couple of months worth of bad form/unlucky results, & you're out. It really is an appalling state of affairs.

Alex Younger: Gary Monk could save Villa's season. Garde not good enough. Got to be ruthless to survive.

AIJ: Monk should have been backed with funds in January after all he's done for the club sacking him this side of January is wrong.

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Sacked Swansea City manager Garry Monk has one of the best win percentages among English bosses to manage 50 or more Premier League games, but who else is in the top 10?  

Click here to find out.

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Dates for re-arranged matches in the European Champions Cup have been announced.

Several games were postponed last month following the deadly attacks in Paris.

The matches will now take place over the weekend of the 8,9,10 January,, external with domestic fixtures being moved to accommodate the changes.

• Racing 92 v Glasgow Warriors - Saturday, 9 January
• Stade Francais v Munster - Saturday, 9 January
• Oyonnax v Ulster - Sunday, 10 January 
• Toulon v Bath - Sunday, 10 January

Your reaction to Garry Monk leaving Swansea...

John Dykes: Monk has done wonders at Swansea until recently. Hope he gets a shot at a solid championship side with time to build. 

Daniel Woodley: Not a surprise given the climate in the football management these days. He will come back stronger.

He may have some good stats, but it wasn't enough to save Garry Monk at Swansea.

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Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins has released a statement following the departure of manager Garry Monk.

“The decision has been made very reluctantly and with a heavy heart," he said.

“To find ourselves in our current situation from where we were in the first week of September, and considering the drop of performance levels and run of results over the last three months, it has brought us to this unfortunate decision today.

 “Garry took on the job 22 months ago with the backing of everyone at the club. And when you take into account the excellent campaign we had last season when we broke all club records in the Premier League, nobody foresaw the position we would be in at this moment in time. 

“It was not a decision we took lightly, especially given Garry’s history and standing within the club. And it goes without saying that we wish Garry all the very best for the future and thank him for his tremendous service, not only as a player over the last decade, but also as our manager. He will always have a warm welcome at this football club."

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Celtic manager Ronny Deila watched Aston Villa striker Libor Kozak score twice in an under-21 match on Monday.

Assistant manager John Collins revealed Deila had travelled to Villa Park to see the Czech Republic international, 26, face Derby's Under-21 team.

"Ronny's gone down to have a look at him and he's scored a couple of goals but there's nothing imminent," said Collins.

"We're looking to strengthen all over, to be honest."

Kozak suffered a broken leg in 2014 but has returned to full fitness this season, playing once for Villa - as a second-half substitute in a League Cup win over Notts County.

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Arsenal are among the clubs to have asked about Palmeiras' highly-rated teenager Gabriel Jesus, according to the Daily Mail., external

The 18-year-old played a starring role for Brazil's U20 World Cup squad and is a regular for Palmeiras. He has also been touted as a better prospect than compatriot Neymar.

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Mauricio Pochettino admits Harry Kane may be rested for Tottenham's Europa League match against Monaco on Thursday. 

Kane has played in all of Tottenham's 21 fixtures so far this season and endured a hectic summer, after going to Australia on the club's post-season tour and then playing for England's under-21s. 

"Is it a chance to rest him? Maybe yes," Pochettino said. "He is in the squad for tomorrow but it is true we need to assess him this afternoon and we have to decide the starting 11 for tomorrow." 

Mousa Dembele is definitely out as he is sick. 

A draw against Monaco will ensure Pochettino's side finish first in the group, which would also guarantee them a seeding going into the last 32. 

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Greg Rutherford has released a statement saying he will remain involved in BBC's Sports Personality of the Year.

The British Olympic and world champion long jumper, who is one of 12 nominees for the main prize, was reportedly considering pulling out of the running for this year's event in Belfast, external unless Tyson Fury was withdrawn from the list.

Fury, the new world heavyweight boxing champion, had made comments which Rutherford described as "out-dated".

In a statement, Rutherford said: "I have been in discussions with the BBC regarding my involvement with SPOTY after hearing what I believe to be very out-dated and derogatory comments from a fellow SPOTY nominee.

"Everybody has the right to freedom of speech, which is something that we as a society have struggled with and fought for generations to get to where we are now but by the nature of these comments, undermine the struggles that we have been through. 

"As such, I wanted to speak with the BBC about sharing a stage with somebody that had views that are so strongly against my own. 

"After doing so, I can confirm that reports that I am withdrawing from the ceremony are not true. The BBC have been hugely supportive in hearing my own views and I am hugely honoured and privileged to be included on the shortlist for such a prestigious event alongside so many remarkable sporting personalities, majority of whom I will proudly say to my son and I had the chance to meet."

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Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu looks to be pulling no punches in his assessment of the predicament the Blues and manager Jose Mourinho currenrly find themselves. Have a read of these quotes from the Daily Mirror..., external

“He [Mourinho] has been a great coach in the past, but as a person, he is fake." says Mutu. “He only looks after himself, and has no consideration for how his players are feeling and thinking. You could not go and talk to him.

“As a coach, he is finished. There is no way back for him. How do you come back from something like this [current form]?”

Champions Chelsea have lost eight of 15 league matches and face Porto tonight in a crunch Champions League group stage decider.

Mutu was sacked by the Blues in 2004 after testing positive for cocaine.  

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Chelsea Ladies manager Emma Hayes is going to need a new trophy cabinet for Christmas. 

She's collected two more awards to add to the Women's Super League manager of the year honour she collected last week.  

Hayes has been named female elite coach of the year at the FA coaching awards and also scooped a gong for Achievement of the Year at the inaugural Women in Football Seasonal Celebration.

She led Chelsea to a league and FA Women’s Cup double in 2015.

Swansea boss Garry Monk's future at the club is becoming increasingly uncertain, but some people still believe the 36-year-old can turn things around.

“You wouldn’t be surprised that, if he was left another month or so, it turned around," BBC Football pundit Pat Nevin told BBC Radio Wales.

“A lot of it depends on the confidence in the group, and also what they do in the January transfer window.

"If you don’t make the decision between now and January, you’re going to let your current manager spend quite a bit of money in January - if he’s not the guy you’re going to go with long term, then that’s not actually that good an idea."

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Phil Wye
BBC Radio 5 live in Athens

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"A walk up to the mighty Acropolis of Athens this morning yielded a chat with a few Arsenal fans.

"General consensus among them was optimism, that the Gunners won't get turned over tonight but that a two-goal or 3-2 win would be "a big ask." 

"Minus Sanchez, Cazorla & Coquelin in their ranks, it's hard to disagree.

"Olympiakos have a 100% domestic record this season and only Bayern Munich - in Champions League Group F - have toppled Greek football's number one team.

"But Arsene Wenger reminded us yesterday that his Arsenal teams "have a history of positive results" and suggested that Olympiakos have it all to lose.

"Can't help but think that for the Gunners to pull this off, a Mesut Ozil masterclass will be needed this evening."

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