· December 8 2024, 10:52
That is simply completely stunning in case you’re a Newcastle United fan. Dan Ashworth, after the backstabbing and wriggling and the entire not-so-subtle digs by Sir Jim Ratcliffe has left his put up at Manchester United already.
Dan Ashworth was introduced in as sporting director within the early days of post-takeover Newcastle United after the membership paid Brighton a file charge to launch him from his contract.
After constructing a tradition throughout the England setup that may see these within the u15s upwards handled and skilled in a similar way to these within the senior facet in order that development would by no means lead to a shock, England began to look first rate once more, like a crew.
That work cemented Dan Ashworth’s repute as the most effective within the recreation. Then his work at Brighton solely served to strengthen that repute.
Dan Ashworth ditched Newcastle on the first whiff of a brand new job
Ashworth was employed by Newcastle to utterly change the tradition on the membership in addition to to supervise recruitment. We’ll by no means know for positive how good or unhealthy he was at this as simply 18 months into the function, Manchester United allowed Sir Jim Ratcliffe to purchase into the membership and takeover the soccer facet of issues, and his first piece of enterprise was to take Dan Ashworth from Newcastle.
Naturally sad with this, Newcastle positioned Ashworth on gardening depart for months till relenting in the summertime and permitting the transfer to occur.
Throughout all of this time it had been made public that Ashworth had been emailing Ratcliffe for some time earlier than there was any motion – as Ashworth copied the incriminating emails to his NUFC account. There have been recommendations that Ashworth had been working for Man United throughout his gardening depart too.
Dan Ashworth has seemingly been blamed for all of Man United’s woes
Ratcliffe ultimately acquired his man and now, simply 5 months later, they’ve agreed to half methods, based on The Athletic. Issues have not gone based on plan it appears and after a £200 million spending spree in the summertime, accredited by Ashworth, Man United have needed to change supervisor mid-season and nonetheless appear means off what followers count on from the Crimson Devils.
All of the blame for that has fallen on Dan Ashworth and he was knowledgeable on Saturday night time that the membership will probably be parting methods. Let’s be sincere although, Sir Jim Ratcliffe is the actual architect of that membership’s demise since he got here in. Mike Ashley 2.0!
Schadenfreude shouldn’t be precisely a cultured factor, however actually, we won’t assist however chuckle. At the very least it is almost Christmas and Ashworth can head again to the North Pole to work for Santa over the vacations…. as a result of he is small, you see?
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