All the Comings and Goings in Manchester It was a wild weekend for Manchester and its two biggest clubs, so maybe a quick recap is in order: Alex Ferguson is going. You've probably heard a little about this. Rob Hughes had the story for Monday's editions of The Times. "I wish the players every success in future," Ferguson told the crowd at Old Trafford in an unscripted postgame address after Manchester United's 2-1 win over Swansea on Sunday. You know how good you are, you know the jersey you're wearing. You know what it means to everyone here. And don't ever let yourself down. After next weekend's trip to West Brom, his 13th Premier League title long secure, Ferguson will let them go it alone. Sam Wallace, writing in The Independent, summed up the day this way: This is how they all dream of leaving. Every politician, every captain of industry, every totalitarian leader of every rogue state and every football manager that ever lived will have looked on Sir Alex Ferguson's day at Old Trafford on Sunday and thought that, as farewells go, it would be pretty impossible to improve on. Paul Scholes is going, too. Ferguson took a moment to mention Scholes on his second - and he says final - retirement. "It's not the season I would like to have had, but we've won a trophy and that's all that matters to the team," said Scholes, who made more than 700 appearances and scored more than 150 goals for United. Players who have fallen under one of his crunching tackles will no doubt quietly cheer his departure, just as some managers will be happy to see the back of Ferguson. David Moyes is coming. Moyes, Ferguson's hand-picked successor, wasn't at Old Trafford on Sunday. He was taking his own lap of honor at Goodison Park, where there are apparently no hard feelings about his departure for richer pastures. Ben Smith of the BBC: At Goodison on Sunday there was no sense of bitterness or disappointment, only good will, thanks and ultimately tears for those to whom this club means everything. "It has been emotional," was how Moyes described it. From the moment I arrived today, it has been like that. The stewards had got the ball rolling, lining up and clapping him as he arrived. Others shook his hand, wished him luck and thanked him - there were no dissenting voices, not one. The scenes at the final whistle were more akin to a club that had won a trophy than one about to lose a valued manager. Wayne Rooney could be on his way out of town. Rooney could be counting down his final days in Manchester after requesting a transfer for the second time in three years. Ferguson revealed the request on Sunday - and said that he had rejected it - but said he left Rooney out of the team for that reason. "I don't think Wayne was keen to play, simply because he has asked for a transfer," Ferguson said. I think he wants to think it through in his mind and I think that is a good idea. We have refused it. I think he should go away and think about it again, but it's not my decision now. No, the decision will fall to Moyes, who has already sold Rooney once. Roberto Mancini probably won't be there when the dust settles. Mancini, who runs that other club on the other side of Manchester, led it to a second-place finish this year, one season after winning the title (at United's expense) in probably the most exciting way imaginable. City's loss to Wigan in the F.A. Cup final on Saturday was overshadowed by news reports that Mancini would be fired after the season, which seemed to put him in a foul mood. The reports only gained steam on Sunday, and his diatribe against City's public relations chief probably won't do much to save him. If he goes, Malaga's Manuel Pellegrini seems the leading candidate to replace him. And if that happens, any number of people (Marouane Fellaini in, Edin Dzeko out, Edinson Cavani in, Cristiano Ronaldo teasing everyone) could join the crush at the airport, a complicated dance of big-earners coming and going.