David Moyes to get £150,000 for Wayne Rooney book slurs

Mar 24 2008

DAVID MOYES is expected to receive damages of up to £150,000 from the publishers of Wayne Rooney’s autobiography.

Moyes issued a writ against HarperCollins, the Manchester United striker and his ghost writer, Hunter Davies, in April last year.

The Everton manager sued over false claims that he was the source for newspaper stories about Rooney’s visits to prostitutes.

He said the allegations had “injured his professional and personal reputation and caused serious embarrassment”.

In My Story So Far, Rooney gave his account of the events leading up to his £27m transfer to United in August, 2004.

He said he told Moyes he wanted to leave Goodison Park after it emerged he had visited prostitutes and said Moyes had passed details of the conversation to reporters.

A High Court judge last week threw out legal arguments from HarperCollins’s lawyers.

after a series of pre-trial hearings.

Moyes will receive an apology and a settlement of between £50,000 and £150,000.

A leading industry source said: “It is likely to be six figures, with additional legal costs.”

HarperCollins will also pay costs of about £400,000.

will also be paid by HarperCollins.

Moyes was reportedly seeking £300,000 in damages.

The accusations were removed from subsequent editions of the book.