Dan Ashworth SACKED By Manchester United, SHOCK EXIT: What Are INEOS Doing?

[@UnitedPeoplesTV]

This is a massive shock and it really doesn't reflect well on Manchester United's hierarchy at all. We were supposed to have the structure in place but now 5 months in we're changing again? Not sure what to think.

[@dillon172]

Never wanted him at all good news in my book, overrated.

[@karldale5289]

@UnitedPeoplesTV total agree. Will be interesting to see if they have someone in the wings waiting to start

[@obongo96]

INEOS don't know what they are doing simple. Shiuld have let the Qatar take over.

[@GaurabGurung-xt7rl]

I dont feel secure with 3 defenders in this formation.

[@michaelsykes3108]

@@UnitedPeoplesTV I'm really worried for our club

[@SultanSaeed_99]

6 months to bring him in, and he lasts for 5 months. Unbelievable.

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

Nonsense. He was clearly working with us from the minute he went on "gardening leave" with Newcastle. It took 6 months for the lawyers to argue the compensation figure

[@davidellinsworth3299]

​@@jhpfdijtuiweruot regardless, they went to great lengths to get him and he's gone by December. That's odd to say the least

[@DarthAlso]

You can't make this sh*t up

[@voightkampff7399]

Better a short pain than a long sorrow. And the time he started working was crucial and provided sufficient information about his negative performance.

[@adrianbennett3761]

This will cost Man Utd £millions. £2-3M paid to Newcastle and probably £2M to get rid of him. That’s on top of the £millions wasted on transfers and getting rid of ETH.

[@AlmightyGodHimself]

INEOS extended Ten Hag's contract then sacked him, costing millions. Appointed Ashworth, waited 5 months to get him and paid compensation. Only for him to be sacked 5 months later, costing millions more. Now they're hiking up ticket prices for fans to pay for THEIR bad decisions.

[@pawanrithisha]

😂😂 facts

[@Orca007]

Well apparently there is a costs cutting measures going on. So to save money they ask Man City to fly their players to the Ballon dor. They cut staffs xmas parties and volunteering staffs lunches but happy to pay millions in in contract comp. Sounds like a clown show.

[@Exodus_Gaming7]

@@AlmightyGodHimself Ashworth was the one who gave Ten Hag and Bruno Contract

[@AlmightyGodHimself]

​​They're the ones who gave Ashworth his contract. The ultimate responsibility lies on them.​ There's no other way to look at it but a complete and utter embarrassment and F up from top down. @@Exodus_Gaming7

[@AlmightyGodHimself]

@@Exodus_Gaming7 And They gave Ashworth his contract. The ultimate responsibility lies on them. There is no other way to look at it but an embarrassment and a complete and utter F up from top down.

[@block119er]

WOW! Didn't see that coming! After all we did to get him, blimey!

[@hustlinmagic]

Parting ways with the DoF 3-4 weeks before a transfer window is tells me to expect nothing from January.

[@jamesjjj3193]

utd have no money to spend anyway, utd have to sell players first

[@fargodavilleitnotd6729]

​@@jamesjjj3193I don't think utd worry about ffp. I mean last season they was given 70 million Lee way to meet ffp. I'm sure they could be helped pass it again, funny though nobody talks about that?

[@creepingbrain]

@@fargodavilleitnotd6729 Nobody talks about it because Borson was talking crap. MUFC weren't given any special consideration for FFP

[@ColmPadraig]

​@@fargodavilleitnotd6729 Never let the truth get in the way of a good story

[@TomJ_3]

@@fargodavilleitnotd6729 Funny nobody talks about things you've just made up off the top of your head? Yeh proper stange that...

[@grishawinner6727]

Now I’m worried. One of the reasons I was optimistic regardless of bad results was that for the 1st time in a long while it seemed we had people at the management level like Ashworth working together with Berrada & Ratcliffe. If it’s all gone to shits, then this is a huge setback.

[@gregnorth6413]

@@grishawinner6727 Ashworth will be spending more time in the garden at the fans expense. He will be laughing all the way to the bank thinking who can I mug now.

[@iwantgoals1566]

Don’t be too sad mate. It’s been confirmed that the weasel wanted Southgate in charge. Also confirmed that he lead the decision to keep ETH and renew the contract of Bruno F. I say good riddance to bad rubbish.

[@LudiCrust.]

Don’t be he was bad at Newcastle & incompetent with 3 Lions

[@therugrats9972]

@@grishawinner6727 Ashworth wanted Gareth Southgate, def not a good choice. With that mindset Utd will never achieve success again. The fact that they have taken action shows that they are now only looking at the development of the team.

[@hooky17]

@@therugrats9972 don’t be fooled. Ashworth didn’t want Southgate. There was never even a source suggesting he did. They have a close working relationship from their time with the FA and the papers just spun out that story non stop the second Ashworth was linked. There has never been a shred of evidence to suggest that Southgate was even spoken to. So I would take that with a pinch of salt

[@HarrisonRuss-l6k]

So I work in executive recruitment… What we forget about is that Dan and Omar are both people, like you and I. People are often recruited due to their track record of delivering results, which is the right way to do it. However, that doesn’t mean they get on with all the key stakeholders at the new business and can work collaboratively. This is unfortunate, but try not to get head loss about it, it happens - this just has way more publicity. I’d be far more concerned if he left after a year or two, because that would signify they aren’t on the right path after that amount of time. Omar was influential in bringing Ruben in, which we mostly fully support. Let’s hope he can do the same with a footballing director now.

[@nathangoddard6082]

Thanks for the level headed reply - calml my nerves are we gonna get relegated?

[@edwich4476]

Cheers for this

[@FAWicon]

didnt ask

[@ste4392]

​@@FAWicon still felt the need to reply somehow though

[@techarch8851]

You mean there is a problem.

[@brendanheasley5287]

If only they’d do this to Rashford.

[@donthevalen]

The senior players like Rashford are money printers. They’ll always think twice to let him go. Sadly

[@thenomadicfoxtravels]

Can't wait. Until then I'm a united fan in recess. He holds the club hostage.

[@lexq-sm6lq]

and that bum Garnacho!!

[@brendanheasley5287]

@ mate Rashford is 26/27. Garnacho is 20

[@lexq-sm6lq]

@@brendanheasley5287 so was rashford! and he never really improved!! but this kid! is a headless chicken, even worse than how rashford was!!

[@maxfaded]

We cant defend well, we cant attack well. We cant hire well but our firing game is on point.

[@hooky17]

Rashford still walking around a pitch suggests our firing game isn’t quite top tier

[@maxfaded]

@@hooky17 Not sure why he's on the pitch, he retired long ago.

[@michaell4036]

Should have sold him two seasons ago when still has value. Now he is in a situation like Martial for the next few years. The same goes for Luke Shaw, who retired early in the hospital and still making banks until 2027. INEOS looks like half ruthless and acting like a circus other half for me.

[@glennpacker8161]

No they haven’t got firing right either … United always seem to end up wasting millions in these instances too

[@vennsim71]

The whole leadership is questionable. From the board room to the field. Hiring and firing, poor recruitment outcomes, choice of captain etc. Even since the day when they gave Maguire the captain role, till moaning Bruno. The shakeup is a must. No way can Man Utd compete with the likes of Liverpool, City, both Madrids, Barcelona, Arsenal, heck, even Brighton and Nottingham Forest or Dortmund.

[@kofiesson8110]

Feels like a clash of egos. I suspect Omar wasn’t happy with the direction Ashworth wanted to take it and vice versa. Going for Amorim is a massive shift in style and how you build a team. Maybe that didn’t align with how Ashworth wanted to build the roster long term. When paul mitchell got the Newcastle job he was very public with his criticisms of the work that ashworth had done. Omar who has seen it done at the highest level has probably said. Lets cut our losses now and get someone in that can actually get us to the top. Christopher Vivell is my bet for DoF. Seems they kept him around for a reason. All i will say is. Chelsea had all these type of moves a year ago. Loads of football people hired then moved on after a few months. Then settled on a structure. Everyone called it a mess. Now look 🤷🏾‍♂️. Sometimes it is better to cause a mess to get to the right path than plod along and end up at the same spot.

[@Key-j5o]

I agree with everything you said but will add it might also be a conflict of interests with Amorim, as he mentioned multiple times in recent interviews he likes control of certain matters of the club.

[@kofiesson8110]

@@Key-j5o very true. And that probably impacted the decision. I will say I have not seen a top side consistently win that isn’t lead by the manager. All this football departments make all the moves and the coach just coaches is cute. But lets be real. To be a top side. You need a top manager. And that manager will have to have a level of control. Get the right football people around them to help identify the right players. But the coach has to be your driving force. Pep. Klopp. Had good football departments. But the buck stopped with them on all key decisions.

[@moxmusic97]

Millions were wasted by Ineos extending ten Hag's contract just to sack him, millions on Ashworth to have him on gardening leave longer than on duty just to sack him...and now the match-going supporters will have to pay for it with ticket prices. Well done Ineos, well done

[@BenFoster-cx4em]

still the glazers fault. they didn't want to clear the debt and make man u healthy again

[@Ruben-so7pu]

@BenFoster-cx4em LOL INEOS were the ones who change from full sale and gave the Glazers an out. It weren´t the Glazers that gave Ten Hag a new deal just to pay him 17M a couple of months later.

[@haidressyahali8370]

That wasted money should have been used to get better players

[@SynSpiderz]

Wait, what?! Something seems a little off here. Either it's an early sign they got the wrong guy, or Ashworth has done something he shouldn't and been found out

[@willtallis5275]

He must have done something

[@hooky17]

The article in the athletic said it was Mutual. Very possible it just hasn’t worked for both sides

[@MrCrazyrob666]

Tommy Doherty

[@lexxihd5843]

@@jdp117 Just knuckle down and do the job is a terrible idea.

[@sallahudinmehuddin8046]

I think omar berrada, remember this guy was begiristain's right hand man at city, he did the dan Ashworth job at city, he knows whats required and he will have seen in the 5 months that he's not good enough. Better to make the decision sooner rather than later.

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

Yip. He also worked at Barcelona before City. Clearly worked out that Ashworth was nowhere near the level required for the biggest job in football

[@Danielznho-1]

Good point!

[@denzelsngwenya960]

I hope Omar Berrada wasn't coming to destroy us from within

[@shaynecalder7775]

We were already destroyed, what are you on about 😂

[@michaelsykes3108]

@@denzelsngwenya960 my thoughts exactly

[@mark.isthmusrealtys.a.cost9019]

Agent Berrada doing a good job for CFG

[@SoccerNewsEverytime]

Nonsense 😂

[@SKYWALKER____]

Nah Omar is the captain of the ship at the moment and he obviously knows something we don't, time will tell if this captain knows what he is doing.

[@judeyy2x]

Of course this could be a terrible sign but it could also just be them realising they hired the wrong guy and getting rid as soon as possible instead of persisting. Not the biggest INEOS fan, of course but we don’t really know much more than speculation at this point. All eyes on how they go forward with this, if they bring someone else in and who it will be. Genuinely stunning move though, can’t believe it.

[@islandgirl701]

Exactly, they are probably looking for someone better to fix the recruitment since the players are crap. Not that he was responsible for the current crap. At the end of the day, they're allowed to change their mind.

[@muhammed1896-z4b]

I am pretty sure they found the replacement of dan ashworth maybe that's why they sacked him

[@judeyy2x]

@@islandgirl701 He was responsible for ETH’s contract extension tbf and had a hand in our summer signings which weren’t exactly the worst but weren’t the best either. It’s an understandable decision but only if it’s actually a thought out one and not Jim just making a knee jerk reaction after the Forest loss.

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

@@islandgirl701 He is 100% responsible for this mess of a first team. He sold one of our best players (Mct), didn't get rid of dross like Dalot and Lindelof, and the signings he made have been useless. No way should he be involved in the January transfer window for Amorim.

[@BigDawgGibbsy]

@@jhpfdijtuiweruotmoronic comment from a bot!!

[@Epic4orce]

Bro what is going on with my club right now

[@islandgirl701]

Nothing new, the same as usual. They finally figured out it's the players and needs to get to the bottom of it, that is the recruitment.

[@ste4392]

​@@islandgirl701 wasn't that what Ashworth was meant to do

[@SerioussoccerfanYT]

@Epic4orce which club ??

[@obongo96]

​@@islandgirl701they probably sacked him becoz he suggested Rashford should be sold

[@islandgirl701]

@ste4392 Well, they are allowed to change their minds. That's what being ruthless means.

[@stefanvujovic6561]

I feel sorry for Amorim. He will be the collateral damage because of all this mess. Ragnick was right all along,we owe him an appology.

[@carlranger8060]

No apology needed from fans. We all knew Rangnick was right.

[@ste4392]

​@@carlranger8060 yeh, thought he was spot on when he said it, still do now. People forget though, when we win a couple games, think it's all sunshine and rainbows then

[@Rusco17]

Yes and don't stop their either, Ten Hag deserves one too!

[@ste4392]

@@Rusco17 I think we're seeing that, while Ten Hag made mistakes and probably had to go, this club is not set up for anyone to succeed

[@Rusco17]

@@ste4392 shame people didn't realise that 6 managers ago. Couldve saved over 100m in severance pay and spent that time clearing out the mercenaries. Instead we reset back another 3 years inevitably only to come to the same conclusion.

[@kgormani]

Ahswood gone before Antony is crazy🤧😂

[@chetk8413]

Was gonna say, I would not be surprised with the news that Antony has taken on the Sporting Director Role starting on Monday.

[@61tomtomtom]

What has this to do with Anthony. Grow up. This fanbase is so pathetic.

[@Zeppelin180]

Better than sticking with Woodward for 10 years if it’s not working I suppose. It took Chelsea 2 years to sort all this stuff out now everyone loves what they’re doing.

[@MauriceKiernicki]

We complained about the Glazers,after we won the FA Cup everyone was sure Erik would be sacked as INEOS were interviewing candidates for the job while Erik was on holiday having full knowledge of this. Ten Hag returns from holiday and is INCREDIBLY offered a new contract. Four months later Ten Hag is sacked and Ruben is appointed manager. And now this shocker sacking Dan Ashworth. Do INEOS know what they're doing? Have they got a clue? With all this going on Reds don't expect any success any time soon. United are in complete turmoil

[@Exostars77-A]

INEOS’ massive errors are piling up. Here’s 4 for starters: 1. keeping Ten Hag, giving him an extended contract only to sack him after 9 games and pay him and each of his entire coaching staff an extra year’s compensation. 2. Giving the new manager no pre-season, or a summer transfer window to get the players he needs. Had Amorim been appointed in June, United would likely be much better off than they are now. 3. A really tough task to get a guy to come in and try to bring “on the hoof” a completely new way of playing. Might have been better to give RVN a 2-year contract and review his body of work at the end of the season. If very good, extend his contract. If not good enough remove him and bring in someone else. Maybe Amorim, who’d prefer to stay at Sporting until end of this season anyhow. 4. Now, the Ashworth debacle and the millions thrown away on getting him and paying him off, and not least presumably his 5 months spent under-performing. Hmm… Increasingly seems like the wrong people bought United.

[@denzelsngwenya960]

This makes me feel like INEOS is as clueless as the Glazers

[@fr0ntend]

They're here to make money like all the investors are.

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

The biggest problem with the Glazers was they refused to get rid of useless players and technical staff for years on end. You know nothing about the club you claim to support

[@mrmango1322]

​@@jhpfdijtuiweruot dude! Everyone know that😂😂😂 Come on

[@denzelsngwenya960]

@jhpfdijtuiweruot I agree that Glazers had their problems for years, but INEOS is starting on a chaotic fashion as well, there's no glory in making drastic decisions too soon. It makes us question what their plan or idea is in the first place. 1. They extend ETH's contract and give him like 5 or so players, then they sack him. 2. They spend months trying to get Ashworth because "he's the best in class" and before 6 months he's gone too. Some bit of clarity would be appreciated but at this point none of their actions make any sense bruv

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

@@denzelsngwenya960 Not reading essays. It's not story time for teacher

[@lilamendez10]

Been confused with INEOS decisions in the last 2 weeks. First it was raising ticket prices and now its the sacking of Ashworth after months of fighting to bring in him. I'm starting to get worried that our problems are not going to be repaired anytime soon

[@richyclubsport5155]

As far as I understand an executive has a six month period before compensation is applicable, if the same law applies as when i was in business

[@cameron.vanheerden]

Sam i think that Ineos need to start looking at ralf rangnick he was never wrong about this club and he knows who isnt good enough and he identified players that united should sign and they all are doing so well right now he has an eye for talent and i think he is who we need

[@kwl189]

Yeah but would Ralf even want to come back? He will want some assurances if he gives up the Austria job tbh. He was treated horribly but the club staff and hierarchy at the club when he was here and it was a very public parting of ways. They never delivered on what they promised him. Why would he have any reason to believe things will be different this time?

[@daredevil1189]

Sadly, I don't think Ralf will ever come back

[@daredevil1189]

​@kwl189 how was he horrible. He never even made one signing 😅 zero support

[@kwl189]

@ was basically forced to take charge of the team when he was meant to be behind the scenes sorting out the club structurally. Exactly he had zero support.

[@kwl189]

@ if he knows what is good for him, he’ll never even entertain the discussion.

[@Slash-5X]

United is the most dangerous roller coaster, you'll never know what's waiting in the corner.

[@RobBrit]

This doesnt fill me with confidence with Ineos. They look to be doing things carefully and well, yet in spite of promises of fan involvement, fans blindsided by ticket price increase, giving ETH an extension before sacking, now getting rid of someone identified as crucial to the club, by the clubs hierarchy after only 5 months. They havent given him time to make an impact.

[@michaelsykes3108]

There's something going on at Utd that we know nothing of yet. Something serious internally

[@williammccarthy960]

Not sure what the reasons are but they are clearly sufficient to warrant immediate dismissal. Maybe Amorim has voiced his dissatisfaction with recruitment? Personally, I think it is harsh because it puts focus on the players who have come in. Zirkzee, Ugarte, Deligt, Mazroiua and Yoro all have enough quality to improve United - the issues Amorim has really is what they have walked into. There has to be a negative culture among the players. They have to lack hunger, belief and/or integrity. They get rid of manager after manager, yet still somehow find their way onto the first team. Us fans are no better, remaining satisfied that players like Rashford, Fernandes, Dalot, Maguire, Malacia, Shaw,Evans and Eriksen are better than they are. None would get into any other top 6 side, yet we still champion them. Amorim needs to show courage. I’m optimistic at this point that he has the cajones to succeed. However, if he isn’t braver than his predecessors, he’ll be out the door. My prescription would be sack Fernandes as skipper, sell Dalot, Rashford, Eriksen and Casemiro and draft in the better youngsters and play them, week in, week out. We won’t succeed this year but Amorim will be backed from the stands.

[@geraldM1]

The amount of money we paid to Newcastle for him, plus the amount we paid to let him go, plus the amount we paid to get and let go of rene hake, ruud, ten hag and the other staff could have got us a new player.

[@willtallis5275]

Everyone keeps going on about new players what’s the point we had nearly 20 new players under Erik every single one of them are shocking the club needs to bed in some new young kids first before buying players they need to sell players forget about buying players when for over a decade this club made mistakes on every single transfer

[@danchinho5210]

United didn't pay THAT much for Ashworth, "only" 1-2 mio €. And if he wanted to install Howe, Southgate, Potter or any other British headcoach it was only right that they kicked him out of the club.

[@05124]

I reckon this happened because Ruben Amorim’s team and club report matched the report, reported by Ten Hag. Then Mr Ratcliffe realised Ashworth was wrong to block Ten Hag’s needs and decided to sack him.

[@letsdiy6938]

I never thought Dan Ashwort was the right guy! I wanted to bring back Ralf Ragnik to the club and my second choice was Paul Mitchell. I still think that Ragnik has the mindset and the knowledge of whats lacking in this club. He also have keen eye for recruiting great players. Open heart surgery is the name of the game and I think he would shake things up if his brought back and I say this in a good way.

[@chrismartin3871]

I’m going to try and remain positive and hope Utd operate in the same way they did with the ETH sacking and have a replacement lined up and in place within a couple of days and surprise is all again!

[@rosinante1016]

Not bothered. If it's not working, change it.

[@Anonymous-py7ix]

After keeping Ten Hag, raising ticket prices and now this, I no longer have any hope that this ownership will take our club back to where it belongs

[@iMANC1966]

It goes from bad to worse at Utd. The football on the pitch is appalling. 15 games in and we're 13th in the PL and a goal difference of 1. Off the pitch we are as equally appalling. It's fair to say that we're in trouble.

[@georgecooke9254]

I read on the back of the Sunday Mail that Radcliffe thinks we are "Mediocre United" .....nice to see he has such a high opinion of us.

[@bencarter3920]

Ashworth’s appointment was the main reason I had faith in Ineos running the club… after this and the ticket price debacle I am really worried

[@mattkaine4585]

Ashworth wanted to get Southgate…. That sound like a smart move?

[@JuliaRichards]

Ineos aren't the answer. Time will tell.

[@mattkaine4585]

@@JuliaRichards peanut brain

[@voightkampff7399]

The logic management decision I was waiting for because of the following reasons: 1. Prolonging the contract of EtH at the background of his outspoken negative performance. 2. Recruiting RvN as assisting coach and not let him stand in when EtH was sacked. 3. Letting RvN go as steady and long term guardian of the club's identity. 4. Discontinuity in the sportive heart of the club with incoming and outgoing coaches bringing and taking their entire staff and thus leaving the sportive heart of the club open with every change of coach. 5. Letting the coach determine the club's playing style instead of imposing it as a strategic requirement. 6. Not making strategic decisions before the season, but in the course of the season for matters that could have been foreseen in any accurate risk analysis. From the outside it looks that Ratcliff intervened himself and recruited Amorim personally and thus made his management team redundant. In this scenario the CEO should be dismissed as well. I guess the CEO is allowed to stay to safeguard continuity. A management advice. An effective company structure requires a coaching staff that is bound to the club and not the coach, to prevent a rollercoaster situation every time a coach is dismissed and takes his entire staff and thus leaves the sportive heart of the club open with every alteration. Sam, if you want to add real value, try to find out about Amorim's assignment (I guess winning PL and CL in 2028) and its derived sub-goals for every season. In this way you can assess the coach's performance in an adequate way. With this annual goal you prevent yourself from being emotionally involved with every game. By the way imo, almost the entire squad will be replaced before 2028, with two or three exceptions. You do a great job and have a nice way of presentation.

[@willtallis5275]

They did let ruud in when Erik was sacked he was never going to be given the job after the ole years he had 4 games so he was aloud how can you say he wasn’t aloud to stand in

[@GBL012]

Give the Ruud ass licking a break, we got amorim now deal with it.

[@voightkampff7399]

@@willtallis5275 Do you falsify my conclusion that the man was unqualified? Content: why would you recruite an assistant coach who's not able to take over the coach job against the background of non performing coach. Besides, why would you let the new incoming coach (who's basically a short term actor) determine RvN's destiny and thus the company's structure and long term planning! Football is what you see. But at the background it's about operating a big company. The result is determinded by the process of objective, strategy and plan of action. There's no room for emotional interventions in the company's strategy, at least not if you want to be succesfull. Thus, the way Ashworth treated the role of RvN (the job, not that man) indicates itself that he's unqualified to act in a professional organization. Let it be clear that Ashworth, in his role of SD, is professionally accountable for everything happening in MU's sport department.

[@jimmykagombe7164]

I think the high-ups have settled for a style of play and got Amorim for that, Ten Haag and Ruud were not giving United that This then informs the recruitment strategy,identifying a certain type of profile in a player that fits the system...and maybe alot of tricky outgoings too-with high buy price,Wages type-Needs someone extreamly dynamic... But they need to clarify that we may stop speculating..

[@voightkampff7399]

@@jimmykagombe7164 Sounds logic. We agree that the playing style is essential for operating the activities recruitment and academy. The time issue is also a factor. Amorim should have been selected and recruited before the start of the season, because all data were available then. It makes MU management look unprofessional and that's an enormous irritation factor for rich people. After money, the only thing left is reputation. Ratcliff handled the situation very well imo; fast and adequate. It's a pity we can't see MU's strategy and plan of action. Anyway, it's an interesting business case. Becoming a champion is a long process and we are going to see if they keep their cool.

[@rc_24]

The question is why was he sacked? Was it to do with ten hag, the signings? Must have been a lot of disagreements. The cracks of ineos are starting to show

[@GarlicbreadmanOP]

This is quite concerning now. Ineos have shown themselves to be something different to what we expected 5months ago. The recent decisions with the ticket price rises, and now this, all point at the fact that ineos seemingly is no better than the glazers.

[@FoxMontage]

I wouldn't be too concerned. Given how they had a man ready to go after EtH left, I'd imagine they've had Dan's replacement in mind too.

[@jjgjjg5935]

This is absolutely fucking hilarious! Thank you Manchester United. Signed, Newcastle United.

[@siddharthm4095]

Some decisions by man utd are beyond my understanding!

[@symmie666]

In the latest accounts to the 30th June 2024 the club announced a net loss of £113.2m. Total losses over the past 5 years are more than £370m.. Is it just me, or does anyone else think it's just a little bit rich for Sir Jim the saviour to pay £3m to Newcastle for Ashworth, agree to extending Ten Hag's contract by a year in the summer, then sack him and his coaching staff at a cost of £10.4m in October, which also involved paying £11m to replace them with Amorim and his staff, in November, and then sack Ashworth in December, to then claim United are mediocre and that hard and unpopular decisions need to be made to return United to the top of the game in England and in europe. Which in his opinion means he expects us the fans to pay an extortionate increase in the price of tickets to compensate for the clear incompetence of him and his ineos team who clearly haven't a clue what they're doing.

[@sido4215]

If we find out this is because of Southgate, I'm gonna lose it.

[@MrCrazyrob666]

It could be and, if so, it's the right call if Ashworth was causing trouble over it

[@rhodreque8155]

Talking about something when you dont have all the details is nota smart move, what is known is the team is still losing and recruitment is key. for context,Chelsea had the same problem,they just went about it different. they got young hungry players then got the right coach. what united is doing is the opposite, they got the coach now its the players next. smart decisions rarely look smart until the results are visible, trust the man spending his own money to bankroll the club to have the best interest at heart. a good leader rarely makes the popular decision.

[@emir4ofabj397]

Man utd is now officially confined to history.

[@rae.t]

Amorim: A storm is coming

[@blackesteyes1133]

People speak about "best in class." What is it that Dan Ashworth has done that could give him this title? I wasn't convinced from the outset.

[@SerioussoccerfanYT]

Who is befitting of that title in your view ? Get Txiki Bergiristan and Ferran Soriano, they have previously worked with Omar, have settled in England and Manchester too and most of all, have won the PL.

[@sportsfan7460]

My only thought is Ashworth probably wanted to have full ownership on footballing matters, as a sporting director would want. Berrada is also a footballing person, so can see where the clashes might come. I feel like the decision to get Amorin would have been taken by Berrada, where as i could see appointments like Potter and Southgate being favoured by Ashworth. I feel Ashworth saw the glass ceiling there, and probably felt underused if the club. It seemed a strange mix. If anything Wilcox, Vivel and Berrada seems a better mix. If Berrada has sporting control as CEO, we need more a head if recruitment than a DOF.

[@enfado23]

I agree - part of it might be the drastic change that is linked with Amorim's arrival - we are now wedded to the 3-4-3 system which is different to recruit for compared to the variations on 4-3-3 / 4-2-3-1, remember when Van Gaal came in years ago and all the upheaval in recruitment trying to change half the playing squad to fit a different system. If Berrada pushed through the Amorim appointment then Ashworth could have rightly felt that getting a different coach in (akin to Slot coming in at Liverpool, using same system as of pre-existing squad) would have meant less forced turnover in playing squad in the next 2 years. I support Amorim coming in but it's a gamble to change a lot of the playing squad during his tenure, to suit a system that very few other coaches use

[@ItsMe-ko6sz]

Bararda is City undercover!

[@asadhussain5267]

Wasn't expecting that. Surely Jim ratcliffe and ineos wanted these guys in the structure. Nobody is safe at United. Great video Sam

[@santoshkulkarni5164]

First They need to send some players home. This is not a good sign.

[@confidenceuzoma2723]

Watch out for summer window men my bast player might be sold this summer this is a loud massage

[@chetk8413]

Ratcliffe didn't like that they kept ETH after last season. Also I think was not in favour of big ticket price increases.

[@queenosouth8113]

He needs to look at his £1B hopeless squad. . . . not EricTHag🙄

[@MiKappa360]

I’m in a shock. Football structure is a must and now things are getting worse. Really disappointing to be honest.

[@ZoneoutLohia]

That’s why you don’t blindly back INEOS.You’ve been very pro INEOS even though they haven’t done anything to earn that trust yet

[@jerrykorah6676]

We are OFFICIALLY cooked 😭😭

[@Ruben-so7pu]

What the hell is INEOS doing, first they give Ten Hag a new contract just to sack him and pay him 17M a couple of months later, now is the DoF we spent most of the year persuing and btw cost us a lot of money, just to sack him a few months later. INEOS is turning out to be a joke like at Nice.

[@vikingsayes8584]

I Miss not getting the QATARIS IN

[@johnrider5701]

I wasn't expecting much from INEOS but i expected them to at the very least to know what they are doing . How embarrassing

[@Abdi-libaax]

Never rated Ashy anyway hopefully someone better can be appointed

[@Edd-95]

He was overrated

[@questforreality]

I tried to tell you about Ineos when they were first talking about the takeover - there’s no money, to such an extent that Dan couldn’t do his job. Remember when I told you that Ineos wouldn’t pay for Christmas trees across multiple offices as they were cutting costs so much? They’re struggling massively.

[@JuliaRichards]

An we could have had Qatar!🤷‍♀️

[@civildiscourse7626]

Sack Bruno next…300k+ a week? Wouldn’t earn anything near that at any other European club

[@JuliaRichards]

That's where the problem lies,the players aren't hungry and motivated like they are st other clubs.

[@civildiscourse7626]

@ it’s everyone including the fans- I couldn’t believe how many were begging for Bruno to get a contract extensions despite being worse each year offer ole, now in his 30s and after everyone decided to try and bring the wage bill down…

[@preetjitsingh328]

Simple. Ashworth wanted ETH and was against the sacking. Brailsford and Omar was not. After 2 defeats they disagreed; he left.

[@MrCrazyrob666]

Or maybe he wanted Southgate not Amorim

[@JimmyCeesAll]

One of three things. - plan all along (4d chess). - big fall out, quick action. - no idea what they’re doing. Doubt it’s 1. Can’t really be 3.

[@rohanmoreira7752]

It’s probably because he was the one who wanted zirkzee against ten haags will

[@ikemsocial9475]

And what’s wrong with Zirkzee? It’s his first season, he’s doing okay

[@KeanosMagicHat1]

WTF - To axe Ashworth right before the transfer window can only mean either he was told we have no money to spend and he thought, "F*** this" or the club don't trust him to spend the money - the latter of these is particularly odd considering how long we took to appoint him.

[@willtallis5275]

It has to be they don’t trust him we didn’t need him in the first place his signing for us and Newcastle are ahocking to be fair

[@estalineking]

Good point

[@jonnanmuhanguzi2185]

I think it's high time i left Manchester United as a fan and joined Brighton and Hove Albion

[@fyoutube9410]

Lol, go ahead

[@Seramics]

Are you stupid? This is the best times to be Man Utd fans. The potential circus show is immense.

[@PandarW1se]

He's not a real fan then

[@thaafrkan1340]

C YA!

[@LegendRed7]

Plastic

[@DarthAlso]

I guess it just goes to show that we are still a club in shambles... We have NO direction whatsoever.

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

Makes total sense. Two reputable managers couldn't win a game with this shambles of a squad. Ashworth's work over the summer was abysmal. Ten Hag was made the scapegoat. This is an excellent decision and hopefully they will get somebody in who actually knows what he is doing now

[@d1want34]

I don't see it as his problem. The summer signings were good/ok territory.

[@keyarugasama9638]

Everybody that comes to united suddenly becomes clueless, before they were world class in their respective position at different clubs

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

@@d1want34 Yeah amazing. They have taken us into a relegation battle before Christmas. And his woeful decision to sell Mct to Napoli is embarrassing - he's now a legend of the club and city, just below Maradona. Great job, Ashworth! Lol

[@jhpfdijtuiweruot]

@@keyarugasama9638 Nonsense. The last world class signing the Glazers made was Michael Carrick, almost two decades ago. Prove me wrong >>>

[@frankmichael9866]

Why coming with that after he has been sacked dear you tuber😂.

[@hansbylund668]

He didn't like Ten Hag being fired and/or he didn't like Amorim being hired.

[@LegendRed7]

Sir Jim obviously fuming cause he gave Ten Hag a new contract. The likes of Banana and Dopey Dalot should be getting the boot aswell for that shambles yesterday....start capping wages. Loads of these players need sacking aswell.

[@ikemsocial9475]

It’s definitely more than that. Probably fell off on a personal level

[@Johnson-uz6xk]

Another worst mistake we made is to sell some part of manutd to Jim ratcliff ineos.

[@occulus8687]

Sir Jim and Omar do not feel he is best in class, he was a Sir Dave appointment. We probably need a sporting director with a greater global football network like Leonardo or Campos or Emenalo even Paul Mitchell

[@esoxlucius1518]

The behind the scenes "best in class" appointments were supposedly meant to give us the solid structural foundation to move forward with regards to what goes on on the pitch. And now this!! I'm flabberghasted.

[@willtallis5275]

None of these are best in class tho we all knew that

[@Qammar_GGMU]

Maybe Dan Ashworth realized that INEOS are not competent enough and backed out.

[@imranxalamin]

he was SACKED

[@cheefung1689]

At Brighton Ashworth got Boussuma,Caceido,McAllister,Burn,Mioma,Trossard and Cucurella. At Newcastle Ashworth got Pope, Botman,Burn,Livramento,Hall,Guimares,Tonali,Gordon,Barnes and Isak. At Manchester united,he got Mazroui,De Ligt(both couldn’t get into the Bayern side) and Zirkzee. Just a figurehead appointment.Someone else is choosing the players bought in.😂

[@philbourne548]

The incompetence of INEOS is astonishing. They kept ETH when any sane person knew he had to go... and gave him £200m to buy on sub standard players! then inevitably sacked him a few months later. Now they’ve fired their club saviour, who’s spent more time on gardening leave than in the job. They don’t even agree with their own decisions!

[@stevet828]

Its all on Ashworth thats why they sacked him,Useless recruitment backing ETH..

[@Jza-GZa40k]

Ten Hag wasn’t the issue lol

[@ikemsocial9475]

It takes common sense to see that ETH was not the problem but people want a scapegoat so…

[@VictotWilliams]

Klopp perfect transition,says a lot.

[@jonathanyoung4682]

NUFC accounts showed you paid £3 million for ashworth. I'm not sure why you are lying about the fee.

[@creepingbrain]

We only paid the compensation in July '24. Newcastle haven't even published accounts for year ending 30 June '24 yet (they usually publish in January).

[@jonathanyoung4682]

@creepingbrain that's weird because Fabrizio Romano stated £3m about 2 hours ago.

[@christainegwudo538]

I wish they are this ruthless with the players❤

[@deck1017]

as the saying goes "2 many cooks spoil the broth" he was just a pawn in this

[@thaileduy]

*he was just a prawn in this

[@henergy_]

dude wtf is going in at united!! im over here in california and im like what the hell is going on in manchester! why cant this club get stuff right on and off the pitch! been a fan since 2003

[@karldale5289]

Must be significant differences in the direction between Ashworth and Barada.

[@ChimobiHD]

Maybe he wanted to replace Amorin with Southgate after the forest game?

[@jeffszakal6129]

What????

[@AbubakarAdama-qx4wp]

What is really happening at this moment! I'm really surprised and shocked at this outcome 😢

[@tomoh1776]

I imagine Ashworth showing up to Berrada's office with a deal for Pogba and getting the sack on the spot. I mean... there were links...

[@WelshSweden]

One of three things: 1: It just didn’t work out (not likely considering the time they waited for him) 2: Clashed with someone. Ashworth has crossed the line somewhere with someone. 3: He has been talking to someone outside the club. Considering how quick this has happened and his past, I actually think this is the most likely. We’ll see what will happen but this is very strange.

[@kenneththompson8933]

I've never had any faith in INEOS or Ratcliffe. They not the Utd saviours the fans think they are. Inept & clueless.

[@MisterMurhl]

It was weird Ineos mixed a group of senior leaders rather than letting Omar hire his team. Not an interesting explanation but the team didnt work and the least senior person lost.

[@dduncan]

The Southgate rumour doing the rounds is interesting. Dan wanted him instead of Amorim.

[@sotongh1]

INEOS shortlisted all the personnel to be hired, like a dream team.. and started hiring them.. but once Omar was in, there can only be one boss..

[@adamstannard7934]

It gives me belief because if someone isnt cutting the mustard they get the boot. Alot of players will be on the chopping block also.

[@oIBBEo]

Hahahaha they caught up with the lies how he bought Onana for 50 mil something instead of a bag of potatoes that would have done a better job at any given day LOL

[@Dharcness]

Never a dull moment at utd

[@VAR360-Media]

Hope the channel grows more and more

[@teejosh9550]

Maybe: 1. They have another Sport Director in mind. 2. They sacked him for having a hand in bad players recruitment. 3. The current team Manager suggested that the Sporting Director in Sporting Lisbon be employed. 4. His time is up.

[@christopherlugo211]

It is good if the following apply: he really wanted southgate, he didn’t align with the vision, he wanted to keep ETH at end of season, he wasn’t as keen to have Amorim. You can learn a lot about chemistry, vision alignment and more in 5 months. Just hope this helps to move us forward.

[@JuliaRichards]

No wonder the team is so confused. All this turmoil in the background must be very unsettling. This is going to take some time to sort out.

[@christopherlugo211]

Most reporting says Ashworth was for the firing of ETH but the pursuit and acquisition of Amorim was Barrada.