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2024 was, to place it frivolously, a rollercoaster yr for Dan Ashworth’s profession.
The forming Sporting Director at Newcastle left the membership in tense circumstances early within the yr for the Technical Director function at Manchester United, solely to be sacked by the Pink Devils after lower than 5 months in his function.
However 2025 is exhibiting to be rather less frantic, as Ashworth has as a substitute pivoted to a brand new function away from soccer…
In accordance with The Occasions, Dan Ashworth is ready to take up an advisory function with Warwickshire County Cricket Membership.
This comes after a farcical few months at Previous Trafford, with INEOS chiefs paying £3m in compensation to lure him from Newcastle earlier than sacking him half a season later for a £4m pay-off.
It’s understood that the 53-year-old already has prior connections with Warwickshire CCC, and was a part of their cricket audit committee again in 2021.
Elizabeth Ammon writes that Ashworth will “work with the county as a voluntary adviser on a spread of issues together with excessive efficiency, drawing on his expertise in soccer.”
Dan Ashworth’s resume, on the floor, is without doubt one of the most spectacular in his area, with stints working with the FA and Brighton and Hove Albion. That is on high of the aforementioned roles at each Newcastle and Manchester United.
Nevertheless, this change in profession away from a Senior function could possibly be an indication that Ashworth’s future in soccer could possibly be a bit unclear.
The character of his departures from his final three golf equipment alone could sadly connect a purple flag to a person who boasts the expertise and monitor report of being an in any other case distinctive Sporting Director who would swimsuit golf equipment like Arsenal who’re in determined want of 1.
Put up Ashworth, the distinction between Newcastle and Manchester United’s method to Sporting and Technical Route maybe couldn’t be extra completely different.
The Magpies have since made the stellar appointment of Paul Mitchell, and regardless of a tough couple switch home windows out of Mitchell’s management, the previous Tottenham and Monaco man is poised to have Newcastle turning into a giant participant in the summertime window.
Manchester United in the meantime solely right now confirmed the everlasting appointment 38-year-old Christopher Vivell as their everlasting director of recruitment, and have but to totally fill the void left by Ashworth.
The truth is, the newest set of redundancies at Previous Trafford are anticipated to be centred round Ashworth’s former division, the place it’s been hinted that Ashworth was eager to keep away from seeing cuts and dismissals to these he oversaw.
