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It’s been fairly a yr for Dan Ashworth, who has spent extra time on gardening depart than he has in a job at Manchester United.
Newcastle positioned the 53-year-old on a interval of depart again in February after the director despatched ‘secret emails’ agreeing to affix the Pink Devils, the place he formally began work on July 1st after a £5m compensation package deal was agreed.
Nevertheless, after simply 5 months of labor below Man Utd’s new INEOS house owners, Jim Ratcliffe pulled the set off over the weekend, leaving Ashworth looking out for a brand new job – and it might not take him lengthy to get one.
Ashworth to Arsenal?!
Simply 48 hours after his sudden exit at Outdated Trafford, Ashworth may land one other ‘large six’ job as Arsenal are reportedly contemplating a transfer for our former director of soccer.
This comes from ESPN, the place senior author James Olley claims that Ashworth has been added to an inventory of candidates into consideration on the Emirates as Arsenal look to switch Edu; their former sporting director who resigned final month.
ESPN report that Ashworth’s fame has taken successful in some circles as a result of nature of his exits at Newcastle and Man Utd, however Arsenal nonetheless worth his expertise and experience following spectacular spells with the FA and at Brighton.
Embarrassing for Man Utd
It might be fairly a shock if Ashworth manages to land the large job at Arsenal after making a multitude of his transient stint in Manchester, however it’s Jim Ratcliffe’s Man Utd who’re the most important losers right here.
Wanting again at Jim’s petulant feedback earlier this yr, it’s fairly amusing that they spent months moaning about our “foolish” compensation calls for and the gardening depart guidelines – solely to bin off the “10/10 sporting director” simply 5 months into the job.
Talking in February on the Ashworth saga, Ratcliffe stated: “I believe Dan Ashworth is a ten/10 sporting director – top-of-the-line round. He can be superb for Manchester United. It’s comprehensible that anyone like Dan would see the Manchester United job as a really attention-grabbing problem at this stage of his profession.
“Finally, you possibly can’t actually criticise Dan for perhaps probably the most coveted job in soccer as a sporting director – notably with the problem at Manchester United. What doesn’t make sense is for Dan Ashworth to be sat doing nothing for 18 months. That’s utterly silly.”
“It’s a bit foolish, personally. I wont get dragged into that. What I do suppose is totally absurd is suggesting a person who is de facto good at his job sits in his backyard for one and a half years. We had a really grown up dialog with Metropolis about Omar Berrada.”
Quick ahead to as we speak and so they’ve paid us £5m for 5 months of labor. Ratcliffe could also be a profitable businessman, however he’s received lots to study on the planet of soccer, it appears.
