MANCHESTER UNITED have ditched the role of sporting director after their failed Dan Ashworth experiment.

Ashworth, now a target for. Prem rivals Arsenal, was. United’s first ever sporting director.

But he is gone after just five months. With the post consign to history.

Red Devils part-owner Ratcliffe decided that his Ineos right-hand man Sir Dave Brailsford, United chief exec Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox will share the responsibilities of the position.

Ashworth, 53, was force out of Old Trafford after losing a power battle with ex-City executive Berrada.

The pair had a huge fall-out over how the club should move forward in a bid to get back to the top of English football.

But Ashworth, who work at Newcastle, Brighton, West Brom and the FA, could be offer a swift return.

Arsenal are assessing options to replace Edu as sporting director at the Emirates and Ashworth’s unexpected availability has caught their eye.

Ashworth has a close relationship with ufabet https://ufabet999.app Gunners managing director Richard Garlick, who is leading the search to land a new sporting director.

The pair worked together at West Brom for three years.

Garlick was legal director at The Hawthorns and worked under Ashworth before replacing him as the club’s sporting director when he left to join the FA in 2013.

Everton are also monitoring Ashworth as they wait for The Friedkin Group to complete a takeover.

The club’s prospective new owners are in the process of conducting a structural review, which will lead to new appointments including a chief executive and technical director.

can reveal Ashworth’s axe will also open the door to further cuts at United.

In total, 250 staff have made redundant.

But that is not the end as Carrington is set to be targete again —. With the academy and women’s footballing section likely to be streamline.