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  • Manchester United and sporting director Dan Ashworth part ways after five months in charge

    Manchester United and sporting director Dan Ashworth part ways after five months in charge

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    Manchester United and sporting director Dan Ashworth have separated after just five months with the Premier League outfit confirming the 53-year-old’s departure on Sunday. Ashworth, who spent five months on gardening leave from Newcastle United before moving to Old Trafford, only joined the Red Devils back in early July.

    United, who recently appointed Ruben Amorim as Erik ten Hag’s replacement as head coach, described the move as being a “mutual agreement.” The decision is believed to have been made following United’s 3-2 home loss to Nottingham Forest on Saturday which mires the team down in 13th position in the Premier League.

    “Dan Ashworth will be leaving his role as sporting director of Manchester United by mutual agreement,” read the club’s official statement this Sunday. “We would like to thank Dan for his work and support during a transitional period for the club and wish him well for the future.”

    Ashworth was present at Old Trafford and was seen walking to a meeting through the press conference room postgame. The former Brighton and Hove Albion technical director cost United millions of dollars in a settlement with former club Newcastle United which prevented him from even taking office before the summer.

    A significant part of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s initial restructuring of United’s executive team as well as CEO Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox, he leaves after just one transfer window. The trio worked together on Amorim’s appointment from Sporting CP as Ten Hag’s successor but Ashworth and the Portuguese tactician did not even work together for a full month in Manchester.

    Matthijs de Ligt, Manuel Ugarte, Leny Yoro, Joshua Zirkzee and Noussair Mazraoui all arrived over the summer for a combined total in excess of $229.3 million. Ten Hag was dismissed for failing to build on the confidence shown towards him to turn things around with those new arrivals and new Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy temporarily replaced his compatriot before Amorim’s arrival last month.

    United are currently 13th in the EPL standings with just 19 points which is their lowest total after 15 games since 1986. Amorim’s side will travel to Czechia to face Viktoria Plzen in the UEFA Europa League this midweek before the Manchester Derby against bitter rivals City next Sunday with Pep Guardiola’s men also in a bad way.



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  • Revealed: Why Dan Ashworth left his job as Man United’s sporting director after just five months

    Revealed: Why Dan Ashworth left his job as Man United’s sporting director after just five months

    Dan Ashworth left his job as the sporting director of Manchester United after just five months as both parties agreed he was not a good ‘fit’ for the club.

    Ashworth officially began work at Old Trafford on July 1 after a lengthy period of gardening leave at his former club Newcastle United.

    However, his shock departure today is said to have been finalised in a meeting with United CEO Omar Berrada after last night’s defeat by Nottingham Forest. 

    There is not believed to have been a row but it was clear to all parties that the relationship was not working and Ashworth was not the fit club chiefs had hoped it would be.

    Sir Jim Ratcliffe, United’s part-owner, was reportedly pivotal in the decision.

    United are not thought to be searching for a replacement at this stage. 

    Dan Ashworth left his job as the sporting director of Manchester United after just five months as both parties agreed he was not a good 'fit' for the club

    Dan Ashworth left his job as the sporting director of Manchester United after just five months as both parties agreed he was not a good ‘fit’ for the club

    There is not believed to have been a row but it was clear to all parties that the relationship was not working

    United say the agreement to rip up Ashworth’s contract was mutual – sharing the following statement: ‘Dan Ashworth will be leaving his role as Sporting Director of Manchester United by mutual agreement.

    ‘We would like to thank Dan for his work and support during a transitional period for the club and wish him well for the future.’

    Ashworth, 53, was appointed to oversee football performance and recruitment at the club and reported to Berrada, a recent arrival from Manchester City.

    In turn, Jason Wilcox, United’s technical director, worked under Ashworth as part of the new-look hierarchy implemented by Ratcliffe. 

    Ashworth was involved in the Red Devils’ £200million spending spree during the summer with Leny Yoro, Manuel Ugarte, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Joshua Zirkzee also recruited as part of the substantial outlay.

    He was subsequently quoted in the statements confirming each signing.

    Ashworth was also part of the executive team that made the decision to hand Erik ten Hag a new contract and then sack him just a matter of months later.

    His appointment at United came at the end of painstaking negotiations with Newcastle. Ashworth informed the Tyneside club that he wanted to move to Old Trafford in February and was reportedly open to taking them to arbitration. 

    United CEO Omar Berrada reportedly agreed the departure in a meeting with Ashworth

    United CEO Omar Berrada reportedly agreed the departure in a meeting with Ashworth

    Ashworth was involved in a summer spending spree which saw the likes of Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui arrive

    Ashworth was involved in a summer spending spree which saw the likes of Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui arrive

    He was also snapped with Bruno Fernandes after his contract extension was announced

    He was also snapped with Bruno Fernandes after his contract extension was announced

    Initially, Newcastle had demanded around £20m in compensation, although a compromise worth between £2m to £3m was eventually thrashed out.

    ‘Dan Ashworth is clearly one of the top sporting directors in the world,’ Ratcliffe said in February. ‘I have no doubt he is a very capable person. 

    ‘He is interested in Manchester United because it’s the biggest challenge at the biggest club in the world. It would be different at City because you’re maintaining a level. Here it’s a significant rebuilding job. He would be a very good addition.’

    Ashworth joined Newcastle after resigning from his technical director role at Brighton in February 2022. He previously held the same post with the Football Association. 

    Ratcliffe brutally described United as a ‘mediocre’ club paying the price for ‘very poor’ recruitment in a bombshell interview with fanzine United We Stand. 

    ‘The club has drifted for a long period of time, a decade or so. Manchester United has become mediocre,’ Ratcliffe said.

    ‘It’s not elite and it is supposed to be one of the best football clubs in the world. 

    ‘That’s what it used to be under Alex [Ferguson]. There is major change to come to achieve elite status. 

    Ashworth joined United from Newcastle after protracted negotiations spanning several weeks

    Ashworth joined United from Newcastle after protracted negotiations spanning several weeks

    United couldn't find the much-needed equaliser in a 3-2 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest

    United couldn’t find the much-needed equaliser in a 3-2 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest

    ‘But already there has been huge change at this club.’

    Ratcliffe has also been left astounded by how out of touch United have been become with data analysis in comparison to their rivals.

    ‘Until we’re are as good as anyone in the world, then it’s not good enough for Manchester United. We must have the best recruitment in the world,’ he added.

    ‘Data analysis comes alongside recruitment. It doesn’t really exist here. We’re still in the last century on data analysis here.’

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  • Former Newcastle sporting director Dan Ashworth ‘hurt’ by replacement Paul Mitchell’s claims that transfer structure was ‘not fit for purpose’

    Former Newcastle sporting director Dan Ashworth ‘hurt’ by replacement Paul Mitchell’s claims that transfer structure was ‘not fit for purpose’

    • The Newcastle director has given his analysis on the club’s past recruitment 
    • Paul Mitchell admitted he previously played a ‘supporting’ role on transfers
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    Former Newcastle sporting director Dan Ashworth and other members of his old recruitment team are reportedly upset by comments from his replacement Paul Mitchell that the club’s transfer structure was ‘not fit for purpose’.

    Mitchell said last week that the transfer strategy he walked into at Newcastle was all wrong as he promised to stamp his influence on the club after playing only a ‘supporting’ role this summer.

    The new sporting director has found himself under fire from fans and club legend Alan Shearer after failing to land Eddie Howe’s top target of Marc Guehi last month.

    The Magpies walked away from a £70million deal for the Crystal Palace defender and closed the window with only two new signings at a cost of just £10m, leaving Howe frustrated.

    ‘I think it’s difficult coming into a predefined strategy,’ he said. ‘Should our scouting and recruitment be driven more extensively with a wider reaching net? It definitely should, because this is becoming a really nuanced space now, when you can’t just capitally fund everything every year and buy loads of players at peak age and peak price. Of course it needs to be, and that’s the responsibility of me, the scouting team and Eddie. 

    Dan Ashworth is reportedly upset with recent comments made by Paul Mitchell

    Dan Ashworth is reportedly upset with recent comments made by Paul Mitchell

    ‘Is it fit for purpose? Not last winter gone, the winter before that. Is it fit for purpose in the modern game? Because other clubs that have adopted a different approach over time, with more intelligence, more data-informed than we are, actually prospered in this window. That’s where we have to grow to be now.

    ‘You look at the money we have invested up to this point, £250 million net over the last two-and-a-half years. Was our model in place to be able to spend more to the levels we would have liked to enhance the team? I don’t think it was, because we haven’t sold a player during that time, barring what we were forced to do through PSR.

    Paul Mitchell said the transfer strategy he walked into at Newcastle was not fit for purpose

    Paul Mitchell said the transfer strategy he walked into at Newcastle was not fit for purpose

    ‘We didn’t have the sales window we thought we would have – and we have to look at that strategy as well, was that right? It was all aligned with the head coach. There definitely has to be a more strategic approach that we haven’t had the last two-and-a-half years. I’ll know whether we’ve done a good job in five years’ time.’ 

    And The Telegraph claim to have been told by multiple sources that ‘Mitchell’s criticism has not gone down well with those who were involved in signing players before he took over.’

    That includes Ashworth, who is now sporting director of Manchester United. 

    Some are said to have privately expressed their frustration about Mitchell’s comments on recruitment, insisting they are proud of their work at St James’.

    It is claimed that one even insisted it was an attempt to blame others for his own failings to sign a star player.

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