David Brailsford, Manchester United CEO Omar Berrada, former sporting director Dan Ashworth and technical director Jason Wilcox look on during the Community Shield match in August
David Brailsford, Manchester United CEO Omar Berrada, former sporting director Dan Ashworth and technical director Jason Wilcox look on during the Community Shield match in August
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When an ashen-faced Dan Ashworth walked across the front of the press room at Old Trafford on Saturday evening, shortly before Ruben Amorim came in to face the media after Manchester United’s 3-2 defeat by Nottingham Forest, most would have attributed his glumness to an error-strewn loss.
As he disappeared through an exit door on the other side of the room, though, few could have imagined the 53-year-old would very shortly be leaving the club for good after just 159 days as sporting director.