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| Moyes wins Rooney book libel case | Moyes wins Rooney book libel case |
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| Everton manager David Moyes has accepted substantial libel damages over claims made in Wayne Rooney's autobiography "My Story So Far". | Everton manager David Moyes has accepted substantial libel damages over claims made in Wayne Rooney's autobiography "My Story So Far". |
| The writ had claimed the publication "injured his professional and personal reputation" and caused him distress. | The writ had claimed the publication "injured his professional and personal reputation" and caused him distress. |
| Moyes had objected to the account of how Rooney came to leave Everton and sign for Manchester United. | Moyes had objected to the account of how Rooney came to leave Everton and sign for Manchester United. |
| Speaking after the hearing Mr Moyes said he was glad that his name "had been fully cleared in this matter". | Speaking after the hearing Mr Moyes said he was glad that his name "had been fully cleared in this matter". |
| The undisclosed sum is being paid to Moyes by Rooney, co-author Hunter Davies and publisher HarperCollins. I felt that I had no choice but to take action for a full apology and damages David Moyes | |
| Solicitor Edward Parladorio, for Moyes, told Mr Justice Eady, sitting at the High Court, that in the book his client was accused of "a serious breach of trust towards a young player under his management". | Solicitor Edward Parladorio, for Moyes, told Mr Justice Eady, sitting at the High Court, that in the book his client was accused of "a serious breach of trust towards a young player under his management". |
| He said Moyes was accused of leaking a private and confidential conversation about the star's intention to leave Everton to a local newspaper, the Liverpool Echo. | |
| Mr Parladorio told the court that the allegation was "wholly untrue". | Mr Parladorio told the court that the allegation was "wholly untrue". |
| "Mr Moyes was not the source, direct or indirect, of anything in the article," Mr Parladorio said. | |
| "There was no breach of confidence or betrayal of trust by Mr Moyes." | |
| Sarah Toolan, solicitor for the defendants, said her clients accepted the allegation was untrue and "sincerely apologised to Mr Moyes for the distress and embarrassment caused". | |
| 'No ill feeling' | |
| After the hearing, Mr Moyes released a statement which said: "Anyone who knows me well would, I hope, regard me as a man of honour and integrity. | |
| "I was disappointed and wanted people to know that what had been written was completely untrue. | |
| "I felt that I had no choice but to take action for a full apology and damages." | |
| Mr Moyes said he would be donating the money to the Everton Former Players Foundation, but said he bore his former player no ill feeling. | |
| He added: "All of the above said, we have now moved on and I wish Wayne and his family all the best for the future both on the field and off it." | |
| It is understood to have been the first time that a Premiership manager has sued one of his former players for libel. | |
| Rooney, 22, was the world's most expensive teenager when he joined Manchester United in September 2004 for an initial fee of £20m. | |
| His autobiography was published in August 2006. |