SCOTS businessman Kenny Moyes has spoken of his pride after his older brother captured one of the most-prized jobs in world football.

David Moyes, 50, yesterday signed a six-year contract to become the new manager of Manchester United.

The man who has won plaudits for his achievements during 11 years at the helm of Everton, was recommended for the Old Trafford post by the man he replaces – Sir Alex Ferguson.

Kenny, who acts as his brother's agent and is also head coach at Broomhill Sports Club in Glasgow, said: "It's absolutely great news. If truth be told, David is over the moon with the job and is desperate to get started. But he still has two games to go at Everton and is not thinking about anything else other than that I can assure you."

Ferguson, 71, who is stepping down at the end of the season after 26 years at Old Trafford, described David Moyes as a man of great integrity with a strong work ethic.

He said: "I've admired his work for a long time and approached him as far back as 1998 to discuss the position of assistant manager here. There is no question he has all the qualities we expect of a manager at this club."

The parallels between Moyes and Ferguson extend to more than a common Glaswegian lilt and a no-nonsense reputation.

Their fathers worked for the same shipbuilder in Govan, Glasgow. As a boy, Ferguson played for a youth team coached by Moyes's father.

Like Ferguson, Moyes is a graduate of Glasgow's Drumchapel Amateurs FC, where his Northern Irish mother Joan washed the team kit and his father was on the board.

Standing by his father's side, the boy from Bearsden was picking up valuable lessons in management and, while he had a respectable career as a centre-half including a spell with Celtic, he had an eye on coaching – with Ferguson a notable role model.

Having taken his first coaching badges by the age of 22, Moyes was well set to move into management when his playing days ended at Preston North End in 1998.

He made a sufficient reputation that he was on a two-man shortlist when Ferguson needed a new assistant at Manchester United in 1999 – the year the club won a historic treble of league, FA Cup and Champions League.

Moyes said: "At that time I was quite deep into management, but an opportunity to have worked with Sir Alex would have been a hard one to turn down."

But Ferguson plumped for someone else – the subsequent England coach Steve McClaren.

During his tenure as Everton boss, Moyes won no major honours, but was widely recognised as an over-achiever and was the 2003, 2005 and 2009 League Managers' Association Manager of the Year.

Moyes is married to Pamela and has two children, David, 22 and Lauren. Like Ferguson, Moyes is a supporter of the Labour party.

He starts at Old Trafford on July 1 and said: "I know how hard it will be to follow the best manager ever, but the opportunity to manage Manchester United isn't something that comes around very often and I'm really looking forward to taking up the post."