Manchester United want Dan Ashworth to be their new sporting director.
Ashworth has been placed on gardening leave after informing Newcastle of his desire to leave the club.
Newcastle are now chasing a £20 million fee to release Ashworth from his contract. So, how will this battle between the clubs play out as both teams chase Champions League football next season. And why is the ex-Brighton Technical Director so sought after?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Manchester United writer Laurie Whitwell and Newcastle correspondent Chris Waugh to discuss.
00:10 Intro
01:42 Why does Man Utd want Dan Ashworth?
03:48 Who is leading this pursuit?
08:22 How damaging is this for the Newcastle project?
11:52 How will Newcastle move on?
17:26 How easy will the deal be?
21:41 What do Newcastle do next?
28:42 Dan Ashworth’s competitors
33:23 What will happen to existing staff at Man Utd?
40:00 Summer transfer window
43:20 Final comments
46:02 Outro
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This is about ego and hurt feelings, nothing else. Newcastle did the EXACT same thing to Brighton for Dan Ashworth, not 2 years ago. It's now happening to them. A bigger club wants him, he wants to go. It's the natural order of things. Newcastle are bigger than Brighton, man utd are bigger than Newcastle. Newcastles feelings are understandably hurt. Que serra serra
They can't accept that there not a big club, they should have realised like Brighton did, when a big club comes calling they will likely not be able to do anything.
Typical arrogant MUFC fan. Brighton wanted the same thing Newcastle do, a quick resolution. There is no hurt feelings from Newcastle, they will be laughing all the way to the bank from the transfer fee you have to pay.
@@nathan118804there are hurt feelings though, it's clearly evident
@@nathan118804 Typical Newcastle fan😂 laughing all the way to bank because they got United's pocket change 😂
@@nathan118804 fantastic response. You can put that money next to the 1969 fairs cup 🎉
Man U wanted a 2.5 mill loan fee + 12 million survival fee in the 21/22 season but let's not forget Newcastle quoting Man U 50 mil for Sean Longstaff in 2019.
Newcastle have never quoted £50 million for lonstaff 😂😂😂😂 are you mad
@@Leenufc I know it sounds ridiculous but you can look it up, there are a multitude of credible sources on it.
@@Leenufclook it up
Jamie bring thart up @@samwize28
Look it up mate. Nufc have tried to scam mufc several times @@Leenufc
Not one United fan see's Newcastle as a rival.
Season ain’t over yet bud let’s see where we are at after 38 games,well done on getting to +1 for the first time this season,the mighty man united
@@ryanwardley8733even with that +1 gd, 13 different cb partnerships due to crazy injury crisis, chaos with the takeover, horrendous quality of play, where still above you 😂😂😂😂 your no ones rival be realistic
@@ryanwardley8733+1 GD is more than the number of league trophies Newcastle won in the last, 100 years.
@@ryanwardley8733a rival as a club and a rival within the league is a totally different thing.
@@ryanwardley8733it have nothing to do with where you finish on the table 😂😂🤦🏿
What we can understand from things going around with #ManUtd is that, Utd is a bigger club in EPL than any other teams .
And you’ve only just realised that now, based on this news story?
@@JTP90 yaaa
Only United could get football podcast have a whole episode about their management…
Only Utd! As Utd got lower and lower, it's appeal grew stronger and stronger.
As a Newcastle fan I don't really get why either Man United fans or fans are getting worked up over this. Dan Ashworth is employed by Newcastle. Man United want him to work for them. Newcastle are under no obligation to just let Dan go and work at a rival prem club, especially if there's a buy out clause in his contract. At the same time Dan is a human and if he feels he's been given an offer to good to refuse then he'll accept it like we all would. This is just business.
United fans are not worked up at all. We're enjoying stealing the best people at our rivaling clubs again
If it’s just business can you explain Eddie Howe’s press conference or the £20m quoted to release Ashworth from gardening leave? This whole situation showed Newcastle fans getting more worked up than Man Utd fans. I don’t blame them. Nobody likes it when a key member of staff makes it clear that he doesn’t want to be at the club anymore. What is more telling is Newcastle Utd themselves in this. Their strange and sometimes aggressive public behaviour tells me that they may not have contingency planning for Ashworth leaving (or the planning isn’t ready yet). We will see in the coming months with that.
I think the main issue was the pursuit of the director without a formal offer from the club. I think both teams fans are happy with the deal, but not really how it has come about. Dan had to be put on gardening leave before an official offer was made by Man United, so there could still be an impasse regarding compensation. I think it would be extremely naive to not think compensation would be due for a high profile individual who has two years left on their contract and is widely considered to be the best sporting director in world football. You could argue that why is this compensation noted much higher than the £4m paid for him, but you need to consider the 2 years left on contract and the work he has already done with Newcastle. The value of internal staff is increasing every year, so Man United would need to pay for the excess in finding a suitable replacement. So £10m isn't exactly a ridiculous number that will likely be haggled down
@@pratosaurusrex1128 why wouldn't we charge a ridiculous fee. We don't want him to go and it's not our job to make your life easier. If you want him, pay for him. As for Howe I think the general feeling inside the club is that Man United approached Ashworth rather than dealing with it club to club.
@@seancampbell7884 you’re actually proving my point. The words you are using show that the fee you want is more to punish Man Utd rather than anything else. Of course a fee should be paid to break the contract between Dan Ashworth and Newcastle, but all I’ve heard from Newcastle fans is that ‘we shouldn’t make Man Utd’s life easy with this’. And I understand that mentality from the fans. The club however? I’d be more worried about the work they have done to see who can replace Ashworth.
Chris brought up the Lingard situation but he failed to bring up the Sean Longstaff situtation...🙃
He looked like he was about to cry during orsteins monologue
What is the Longstaff situation you mupet? You want a player - you pay for it. Look at the Antony situation you morons. You expect everyone to give you for free or what? If Newcastle contact ManU for Arshford and ManU say 90mil, is this the same as the Longstaff situation?
Our owners had the balls to let Lingard rot and get him out on a free transfer instead of letting him leave for NUFC on the cheap. This is something those Saudis won't have the guts to do to Dan. They will surely bow to our demands to give us our man, for free. Welcome to the world of football, you amateurs! We've been the biggest team in the world for decades now. Who is NUFC to compete with us??
@@CCkhT21o681 Glazers are morons
Exactly. All I am getting from Newcastle fans and the club this situation is ‘it’s only ok when we pinch a DOF/quote an insanely high price for a player’ GTFOH
My first time watching this channel and I can't help notice that there was alot of "We revealed this" and "We revealed that" talk, like you guys wernt just one of a thousand other reporters saying the same stuff at the same time 🤷♂️
Great to see the faces of the names I've heard on a daily basis. Lets face it no other clubs or fans like to see United thrive that's why they always like to see us struggle.
Turned this off at 20.39. Waffle overload
Mmmm… waffles…
@@A-se2urmhmm buttermilk waffles..
First time I’ve been excited about United in years
WELL DONE , KEEP IT GOIN , 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊TEAMWORK🎉
I'd like to know more about how success is measured for a Sporting Director. If it is a long term appointment what are the markers of having achieved anything. In cases where they employ the manager the effects are perhaps more apparent. However in 1-2 years what have they done, hired some people to delegate responsibilities to? What is the talent pool like globally for such a specialist role?
Also, he joined Brighton in spring 2019. This is his 3rd big appointment in less than 5 years. Maybe United is "the" job but for a role that is said to require the long term he does not have a recent record of dependability does he? Seems more like a short term consultant to me.
@@jamesanthony9316 you only have to look what he did with the current England FA set up. He is the reason why England are winning major competitions at almost every single level at last. He completely revolutionised how the England youth and scouting system works and will do the same now for Man United. It’s what he was planning on doing for both Newcastle and Brighton respectively, but let’s be honest, Newcastle was a much bigger project than Brighton was, and Man United is probably the biggest project in the world right now, that’s the only reason why he left the two positions, the man clearly has ambition. I don’t see him leaving United any time soon, If he gets United back to the top (where they belong), when added to what he did with England, he’ll likely end up becoming Sir Dan Ashworth.
@OldSchoolGameCat yes the England job I would agree from the outside appears to be a success for him personally. I am far more skeptical beyond that though. He wasn't at Brighton or Newcastle long enough or at the right times (after Eddie Howe at Newcastle for example) to attribute anything to him. Especially because the role is already clouded in mystery and obfuscation. Like you say maybe United is the height of ambition but it still has the whiff of same old Man Utd going after a marquee signing...the so called "greatest sporting director this country has produced".
If you talk about success, then it won't be one man works, it will be a team work. Ratclife is forming board team containing people who understand about football. Ashworth will be a part of that team. And his job is to fixing connecting and integration between first team and academy team and development departement, scout departement, data and analysis departement and recruitment departement. Yeah Man United need him, but it doesn't mean he have to responsible alone to reaching the successfull, it's team responsible
@sayeretmatkal6136 OK that's fine it clearly is a team effort but if he is so sought after then there is clearly some metric that signals his effectiveness. I am curious as to what this is.
You guys I just had a thought, and this may be farfetched and/or me being pessimistic because of how shite we have been and that has filled me with disbelief that United is moving like a big club. Won't this "galacticos" of executives mean a clash of personalities and stepping on feet? Everyone will want to be the "saviour" of the club? I mean sure they will act within their roles but how rigid is that really? I hope they find the synergy for the betterment of the club and not individuals.
You make a very fair point in my opinion. Man Utd Reloaded, no more Paul Pogbas on the pitch instead how do you like Ronaldo as Director of Football
Ashworth and Brailsford worked together for the FA.
Valid point but a very involved owner might keep the egos in check…also they’ll try to synergize for initial goal to bring success cos all this still doesn’t guarantee any success. This will just course correct us and try to make up for the 10 years we’ve lost under Woodward and co.
@@adimudiraj YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF TAKING UTD A LONG LONG WAY THIS IS IT, YOU, GUYS COULD BE A BIG , WOULDNT IT BE GREAT IF IT WASN, NUST ABOUT THE MONEY INTIITIPN TELLS ME YOU GUY COULD DO IT YOU ALL HAVE , A COOL MINDSETS, DONT KNOW ABOUT TRAIN, UNT BADGE LF HONOUR HAS A SHIP, ALL HANDS PN DECK,
If I was Ashworth I would sign the following players ASAP : Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Trent, Tsimikas, Endo, Szobo, Jones, Salah, Diaz, Gakpo, Hendo, and Milner.
Big up Ayo. it's called PSR in the PL, not FFP. You got it right, while the other suckers/club fed sources refer to FFP. Guys when you become older, remember to check your personal PSA values. ETH in. No more random result, counter-attacking moments FC, gone on for to long. In the modern game, you need pace and mobility. Fridges plays NFL. Bring on Ajax-style football, Gegenpress 4-3-3 Holding. Professionals with proven track-record in. Murthough out. Glazers out! United need more Vikings. Thanks Roy Keane..
Great podcast but there’s just so many adverts. Makes for a really frustrating user experience - although I understand the need to monetise.
The best way to combat that is to sideload apps like YT premium from a laptop or computer if you have an iphone. Been doing it for months now just do a google/yt search and it’ll save you loads of time
Ayo 'at this moment in time' Akinwolere
Ayo is such a good host
Newcastle fans needs to realize where their club are in the food chain
Thanks for the additional transfer budget
@@anon-zk6iz ur not getting the 20m lil bro💀
@@Mossbergg Then you ain't getting Dan Ashworth anytime soon 😂
@@anon-zk6iz talking like youre on the board, obviously united will either just wait or pay minimum amount
@@Mossbergg So are you 😂 but know this, Newcastle holds the cards.
Terrific.
How did they come up with the 20m figure? Interesting their was sounding out of similar amounts for Newcastle players in the transfer window ( trippier, Wilson, almiron)
how did man u come up with a 12m loan fee for Lingard ?
Probably the value of the contract, breaching it and a bit of saltiness
The aforementioned "hurt feelings" 👆
@@darkbydesign1031lingard>>>> Newcastle history.
@@darkbydesign1031 How did you come up with 50m for Sean Longstaff?
Because Murtough is diabolical at doing his job.
AND HE WANTS TO STICK AROUND IN THE BACKGROUND! GET RID ASAP JIM
Dan Ashworth has already decided to be with Manchester United .it's a challenge and United will get him.
This was informative but hearing about the behind the scenes goings on at United makes me incredibly angry too. To hear that Alex Ferguson suggested Ashworth to Richard Arnold and we stuck with Fletcher and Murtough..? You have to ask why didn't this recieve more press attention at the time... As a United fan the club has done very little else except spend irresponsibly and let the fans down by doing nothing or sticking to what worked in the 90s. The very notion that Ashworth would be offered a role under Murtough!? That is a joke. It feels like a lot of the United correspondents drip feed information to the public about what is happening at United. We get the scoop 2 or 3 years after the event. What is the benefit to these journalists to covering up for the absolute fools involved in the mess which is United's recruitment department? We have the worst recruitment team and structure and personel in the entire world and the recruitment plans we have enacted in the last 2 or 3 years have been an utter embarassment. They get worse each year! John Murtough is always being defended, always beeing given the benefit of the doubt - its enough to suspect he has some kind of hold on journalists who report on United. I can't wait for him to be sacked. People often defend Murtough based on what he may have been doing before he moved into a DoF role, whereas they used to say he needed time before we judged him in the DoF role... it must be a joke. It is going to be revealed that he has been working for City all this time I bet. I can't see him as a professional, no professional can be that bad, he must be a saboteur. Murtough is the one common denominator involved in every bad football decision made at United since Sir Alex retired, he was the one who started to promote Scot McTominay as the answer to the base of the midfield double-pivot.... its shocking really that he never has to face the music. He is the Ed Woodward of the football staff and he should be gone already.
The forced rivalry from NUFC’s side is so embarrassing. You are just another mid club to Utd, we do not care.
as a united fan they are going to be our major rivals in 3-5 years time based on squad.
@@benballerdidthechain9095 to utd they will probably be competitive rivals yes, but to Newcastle it will be a deep rooted and emotional hatred kind of rivalry.
@@benballerdidthechain9095lol they're already having to sell players like Gordon to make ends meet. United are finally starting to do things right at board level - combine that with our resources and status - Newcastle won't see us, never mind rival us.
@@samwize28it really isn’t. You’re a bigger club, probably always will be, but you’re bigger than City and they laugh at you on the pitch. That’s that ambition of Saudi, NUFC will be more & more competitive as long as owners are there. There are only 2 places between us in the league, we are a competition for each other on the pitch. It’s not emotional for the club or fans, Ashworth is yours and we will either want to take as much cash as possible to help in the summer or make sure he’s nowhere near MUFC helping you. NUFC hold the cards and will either decide there’s a value and MUFC will decide if they want to pay it or he’ll sit out 20 months. The thing to me is that Ashworth will know all about how NUFC intend to use the PIF owned Saudi clubs to raise sale funds or for loans, that may well be worth him sitting at home 20 months. it won’t be an emotional call, purely what is best for NUFC business wise. He makes a lot less than Matt Ritchie for example and we can appoint a successor right away - financially having hit sit it out might be best. Ashworth will not sit at home and just work for MUFC anyways, no senior exec would take that kind of personal risk and it would be a huge risk for MUFC too.
@@michaelmckie9164 A couple of points there. I actually agree with your prediction/view that NUFC will be a highly competitive club, perhaps even more so than MUFC in the medium to long term. But that isn’t my point. By ‘emotional’ im referring to recent NUFC vs MUFC games whereby Newcastle and their fans have celebrated 3 points like they won the World Cup. Champagne in the dressing room and comments from players saying ‘we love to put one on Utd’ etc. While on the other hand when Utd beat Newcastle it’s just another day at the office. See what I mean? On the Dan Ashworth situation I imagine they will compromise on a middle ground but he would be well worth the £20m Newcastle are asking for. And if he has to sit on gardening leave for any extended period there isn’t really much anyone can do in terms of policing his interactions with Ineos. Him and Brailsford are good friends after all. He’s on gardening leave, not house arrest. This isn’t 1984. He is still allowed to socialise with friends and talk about football the way football fans often do.
United quoted 15 mill for Lingard because Newcastle quoted 70 mill for Longstaffe ffs.
One was foa loan deal (with expiring contract) and the other for permanent long term deal. How those are the same things? Also do you want Newcastle to let players for free now?
Dan Ashworth is him Would like the compensation will be between 10-15m
Nothing more than a years wage to buy out of gardening leave
Great podcast but adverts every 90 seconds....😢
Decent pod and it feels like the ads are every 30seconds ! Smh😠 😡
United as in Manchester United are on the way back to the top and rivals don’t like it 😂😂
If he brings in the type of player he brought to Newcastle I will be well happy. That is, injury prone players (Isak, Barnes, Pope, etc etc), players suspended for a year for off field actions (tonali), players that cant even make the squad (kual, Minteh ) and ones that make the bench but never get game time or very little game time(Lewis Hall, Tino). Only decent signing was Gordon and we did not really need Ashworth to sign him. He has been a total waste of time and money. A very expensive mistake by Newcastle. I am sure we will be great at Man U. lol
Remember he was at England and Brighton too.. He didn't start this work yesterday
You need a hug 😂
If he's that bad, why did your club pay £4million to get him from Brighton?
Can anyone tell me who signed off on sancho and Antony? And why we employ John murtough? It’s been unsuccessful so clearly people need to be moved on,fletcher etc Onwards and upwards 🎉🎉
Who arraonged. This interview khere ....WoW,,lol
If Newcastle push for 20 million when they inevitably try and poach someone else from a club they will have to expect a hefty fee also. Man united will also be getting some advice from Dan ashworth whilst he’s on leave so they will be in no rush. For me United are in the driving seat.
Rumour has it that Ashworth will earn a king's ransom to work as a Saudi plant, working to sabotage Man U from the inside! 🤣
Brilliant show
Eddie Howe top class.
Thwy are butchering Ayo's name in this podcast
I want to hear balance, not just United want him because he's World Class for working for New Castle while sitting at 8th. I'm not against securing DAshworth.. but I think there is a lot of media drive here which has me cautious. Seems most making connection between Brailsworth and then labeling him a massive Coux and Top Class. Hope he works out but United isnt Brighton.
Our front office is much worse than Brighton. Can’t think why
Just loan ashworth the money to buy out his contract, dont approach newcastle
Linkedin is the new Panini sticker album
The people in this video are lying: Newcastle approached Brighton first, talked about the deal and after they have set the price Newcastle contacted Dan himself. What are ManU doing is the no dignity approach - because Dan is close to the new ManU investors they thought they can talk to him and not to the club that he is employed by. Absolutely pathetic lol
Who cares its business
@@Smrda1312 Obviously Man Reds, becaus ethey are crying all over the internet that Newcastle want to do business and not let go a man with contract for free lol
@@user-dw4ks7kg4x True actually. But the fact that they want to stop him from working for a couple of years is a bit bitter because he could obviously work for man utd just inconspicuously. Yet newcastle are adamant about vlub secrets or whatever but yeah it is probably just them holding out for more money which is fair of course
Man united is not a peer to Newcastle, please, we may be languishing, but Newcastle does not get media coverage for a sporting director appointment
They will get him? And...when?
Dan on leave would probably give him a much dragon time to correct his mistakes at NewCastle and to master plan his next appointment. Take a peanut and let him leave.
Surely as a Employee Ashworth has a right to resign with immediate effect. All employees have this right! Just like a employer can dismiss a Employee....UK employment Laws
This is nothing new, remember when Chelsea prized Peter Kenyon away from Manchester United just as Newcastle did with Ashworth from Brighton. Not even a Manchester United fan but Ashworth was always going to get the better job, Newcastle fans salty as ever over the loan fee Utd asked for but didn't they also ask for 50 odd million for Longstaff.
Howe is behaving badly in this and everyone knows it. Howe won't be at that club in the next few years anyway. He will be sacked and they'll upgrade to a newer and better model.
I don't think Howe is a model
Newcastle are still the losers in this even if they want to play hard ball, I rather wait a year than pay 20 million for a DOF.
It’s 2 years.
Posh boys calling him "Dan Ash-Worrrrth". It's "Ashwuth". There's no elongation of the "worth" part of his name.
This process shouldve begun the moment sir alex said he was gonna leave
Lets not forget theres other PS Clubs interested and Manure are prepaid to wait ? Charge them Double ! Anyway I Totally agree M8 Who Bloody Cares ? ! As for Knowing our plans Who Cares ? Means Nothing, It;ll have Sumic to do with money Not FootBall ! Take it with a pinch of Salt, Just Shite x
There is only one true United Ineos will transform the club but we need the Glazers fully out!
Could he have gone because of Eddie Howe's relationship with the owners?
Why isnt anybody talking about southgate🎉
He’s a great gardener
Roy Keane is right about Ashworth’s lack of loyalty. If ManU want him, pay up £20M & he’s all yours. Dan’s wages are small change to our owners, he can garden til 2026.
I love the whole Man U perspective of "C'mon, be real, we can use his knowledge anyway. So, just give him to us!" If it's really that easy, why bother buying him at all. Just leave him at Newcastle and poach his knowledge anyway 🤣
He can do a better job in person but MUFC will absolutely doing things behind the scenes to get around the gardening leave.
@@danielberry4765 this shows that you know fuck all about cotracts and gardening leave lol
@@user-dw4ks7kg4x Well they can't really force him to take a gardening leave beyond a reasonable amount of time. A tribunal will overturn that and then they'll look even worse. No club wants to be seen impeding their employee's career. It will do a lot more harm to Newcastle if they're seen as a club who stands in the way of ambitious employees. A non-compete is only enforcible upto 3-4 months in uk and that too while the employee is getting paid in full by the former employer. Making this out into a fight doesn't benefit Newcastle in any way. Business and fragile egos don't go well together.
The fact that you nerds are even discussing this shows the state football is in right now
The athletic is a school of nerds 🤓 obsessed with XG. But this topic is warranted
Oh my lord, no Crafton. Happy days.
Too many home truths that aren’t acceptable?
This guy better not undermine Ten Hag!!
Love how Newcastle think they are remotely a rival to utd
They put him on gardening leave and he works from home for man utd while getting paid by Newcastle. Or Newcastle can take say 5 million and let him go.
Unlike a player with a contract, Dan Ashworth can work behind the scenes on Zoom. This is over barring the screaming Newcastle are posturing.
😂
Yeah that's not how that works. Gardening leave doesn't mean go home and think about what you've done you're still under contract. If Ashworth is found to be doing work for anyone else Newcastle could sue him for breach of contract.
@@seancampbell7884 That is exactly how it works. You’re very naive which I like.
The only fans that see Man Utd & Newcastle as rivals are Newcastle fans.
Ashworth done what? He turned England into the most boring team on planet earth along with Southgate. He refused to sign a striker for Brighton and left them with Maupay upfront. Brighton went from relegation contenders to Europa as soon as he left. Newcastle we’re close to signing Maddison, Paqueta and Diaby and Ashworth decided Lewis Hall was a better option. He never recruited brightons hidden gems like Mitoma, Caicedo etc, that was Sam Jewell, all Ashworth did was negotiate a price. All Ashworth wants is over priced British players. If Newcastle get Rangnick, he will be a huge upgrade over Ashworth. Rangnick is the bloke who scouted Haaland, Mane, Nkunku, Gvardiol, Keita, just to name a few. Don’t think Man Utd realise that Ashworth is very stuck in his ways of British players.
Newcastle are hilarious, they aren't a big club.
Antony swap?
Lol about Newcastle getting butt hurt about United being referred to as United is illogical. Newcastle is a one team city…their only rival is Sunderland who don’t even play in the same league. Top it all that with Newcastle, if not for that oil money would be still irrelevant and are nowhere close to the only United the whole world knows!
Phil Giles at Brentford has to be our top target. He's a NUFC fan so wont FO at the earliest opportunity.
Brentford will ask for 20 mill
@@krish4246 Whatever.
Mate, people move on to different challenges. Idk why you lot are so bitter about a person moving on to a different role. This is not on United, both nufc or mufc. This is on Dan. people change their roles based on options. Brailsford is his buddy so he is comfortable shifting. I for one genuinely hope there should be no animosity between the two giants of clubs
@@nananou1687 Who's bitter? NUFC are just trying to leverage the deal and limit damage from his inside knowledge.
@@krish4246I'm sure they will and why shouldn't they? It's not up to clubs to just make it nice and easy for other clubs to take their assets to weaken them and strengthen other teams.
must be joking if newcastle think they are on par with united as a club. deluded
Not too sure Newcastle did too much to keep DA. The Tonali fiasco and the failure to strengthen a fragile frontline in the summer had cast a shadow over his worth. Certainly worth no more than £21 million.
That's because they had a plan in place for the summer. Now they are rightfully worried that those cheap players that they have identified for the summer may end up at United. I don't think Newcastle is getting anything above 5 million from Manchester United. They are still paying him and there is nothing to stop him from talking to United about players even though Newcastle is paying his wages, and at the same time Manchester United can get him for free in a year time. In other words it would benefit Newcastle to sort it out now
FFP has restricted Newcastle United they just can't compete with Manchester United who will likely have double the amount available to spend on transfers this summer. Newcastle United don't have much of a fan base outside England. Then compare that to Manchester United, they are miles behind. Newcastle need to start winning trophies.
@@MD_ENTERTAINMENT’cheap players may end up at united’ You guys really think we would go for your targets ? We literally have 2 different ambitions
@@krish4246yes United aren't in a great position as well, dude. Fyi, if cheap targets like Hall and Livramento are available, any club would want them.
Tonali fiasco is not on DA. You mad? How is he to be blamed? On the frontline not getting upgraded, they chose to bear on with Almiron.
"Went through front door"... "Newcastle direct rival"... really... Fine live with ur Ashworth and PSR...
Meh…… no biggie losing Ashworth. He’s not pulled up any trees at the Toon. The compensation sounds nice, though.
This is only big news because it's man united any other club trying to get director from Newcastle no one would care
JOHN MURTOUGH WANTS TO STICK AROUND EVEN MORE HUH. SHOCKING. DARREN FLETCHER TOO THABK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BUT PLEASE LEAVE AND ONLY COME BACK TO VISIT.
Dan the man
Don't be scared. NEWCASTLE
Radcliffe has definitely made the right start but the club's success really depends on whether he can pull off a takeover. As it stands, I can see the Glazers eying Brighton's model of identifying cheap talent and selling on for huge profit. Unfortunately they're probably licking their lips at all that lovely profit that they can skim.
There is no club became rich because they sell players. Club became rich because the get big contract from sponsorship. Sponsor will offer more money if club win trophy.
@@sayeretmatkal6136 ... And how much of that have the Glazers pumped back into the club?
@@drewsharratt564 my point is, glazers would never swap money from commercial and sponsor, with money from sell players, because actually, profit from sell player are just cent if they compare it with money from commercial and sponsor
@@sayeretmatkal6136 and my point is it doesn't matter who you get in, the club will not go anywhere while the Glazers have majority control.
@@drewsharratt564 well, Glazers aren't the decision maker anymore. What majority control? Ratcliffe has full control on football. Do you understand what the mean of FULL CONTROL, it means there no majority control, no minority control, only one who take the control
If Dan Ashworth scouted BRUNO G then i respect him
Bruno arrived in January 2022 , Ashworth didn’t join Newcastle until the following month February 2022. I doubt he had much to do with the signing as he wasn’t in the building.
He didnt😂
@@Leenufcyep he probably didn't. But tbh, I like his livramento signing.
Jesus Christ it’s a suite. Have we really got to this clinical boring stage in football where we are talking about executives and nerds like they are players? The “greatest football director this country has produced” what an utter joke. Have a day offz
Please why are you watching then??? You can go on and continue your day.
Lol I don't necessarily agree completely with the original comment but there is some truth there. That "greatest sporting director" comment is laughable. Compared with whom? Who are the other contenders? Ashworth has been employed at places that have had success but has he been around long enough to be considered a key component in those successes? The guy moves on with such regularity that it is worth asking if he is out running failure or stealing a living. That spoke of the wheel quote that gets cited at every turn is pure management speak, I.e, it tells you nothing.
Newcastle, you are a one club city (we’re not counting fucking blue star). Manchester has two clubs in the same city in the top flight of English football, and they are the biggest clubs with United or city in their name, hence they’re united or city, and hence you’re Newcastle. This rivalry from Newcastle fans is so forced
I don't know which is more disturbing. That they are happy with the job ten Hag is doing and want to move forward with him, or that they see Graham Potter as a viable replacement.
I would cry laughing if they hired Potter
Potter isn’t even looked at
Worse Eddie howe is still nufc manager 😂😂
He’s going to United. Newcastle need to accept it and move on. Big babies.
When will Man Utd's fans that they are not what they were in the 90`, you cant just walk in and take him how you want, pay the damn money and shut up, wtf is all this noise on the media
I know and worked with Dan Ashworth almost 20 yrs ago in grass root football. He is, focused, determined and commited, and yet a gentleman
lol, you’re like a week late. This is maybe 20th video on this I’ve seen on KZhead 😂
Eddie Howe is actually glad he's gone. Contrary to all you Man U fans, nobody at Newcastle is very bothered about him leaving. You hope we are, but we're not. We are more bothered about Amanda screwing you for £20mill.
'Newcastle have ambitions to be number 1, the fans see it as a rivarly' - 1. My guy, you are now learning that money cant but you prestige and the issues with being a front for a humans right abusing nation state. 2. No united fan sees you as a rival, just a wannabe man city who gets their feelings hurt by being called your true name, newcastle. Newcastle should hand full transfer control to howe it worked great for bournemouthe, they for sure didnt waste vast amount of money the would have them ;inged by the current finincial constraints. The PR work by newcastle to bried that ashworth is useless is amazing though. If he was then surely you wouldnt care about losing him like you are.
Chris Waugh is trying so very hard. However UNITED have the whip hand over the barcodes. They get what they get...20 million is just an embarrasing request. They made fools of themselves in public asking for that.
*Pay up or shut up Sir Jim!* £20M and Diggy Dan’s all yours.
Newcastle will win big trophies in my lifetime. I'm ancient
Does no one want to mention the drug enhanced elephant in the room with mr marginal gains. The bloke has ruined his reputation and that of British cycling but everyone seems to keep lording him as a football guru.
It is absolutely mindboggling to me that Ineos are doing all of this work to appoint competent backroom staff but yet they are seemingly content with sticking with Ten Hag who is an absolute buffoon of a manager. I hope they aren't letting recent results fool them, United are winning despite Ten Hag and not because of him. He is well out of his depth.
Behave
Nonsense
Potential Eddie Howe to replace ETH if MU dont make top 4 now with Dan Ashworth appointment - Michael P Jeremiah[Reporting]
Can we have better content please? Surely there's something more interesting to talk about than this ?
Eddie Howe make me laugh lol
This Ashworth approach is a good sign of whats to come for Man U, underestimating and eventually overpaying 😁 Radcliffe following on in the Glazer vision. 🤣
The United are too big
The toon dipped 😂😂😂