After years of sporting decline, things are looking up again at Manchester United under new owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe. To achieve this, the new strong man at the “Red Devils” wants to completely transform the sporting area.
Sports director Dan Ashworth will be at the center of this sporting realignment. The problem is that the 52-year-old is still under contract with Newcastle United and the club has no interest in letting him go early.
Newcastle threatens “gardening leave”
Ashworth is said to be, according to the British newspaper “The Times“approached those responsible at Newcastle United with a request for approval.
They are said to have reacted angrily to his request and given Manchester United a choice: either they pay the equivalent of 16.4 million euros, the record sum for a sports director, or Newcastle send Ashworth on a compulsory break for 20 months – the so-called “gardening leave”. The employee willing to change continues to receive a salary and does not work for anyone else for a while.
As a first reaction to his request to move, Ashworth’s access to all of the club’s data is said to have been blocked. A real transfer prank is emerging around the 52-year-old sports director.
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2024-02-19 10:55:46
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