Real reason Revealed why Man United sacked Dan Ashworth with Ruben Amorim theory put forward following 3-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest

Real reason Revealed why Man United sacked Dan Ashworth with Ruben Amorim theory put forward following 3-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest

According to rumors, Ruben Amorim’s appointment at Old Trafford may have contributed to Dan Ashworth’s resignation as Manchester United’s sporting director after just five months.

This past summer, the Red Devils fought to get Ashworth to leave Newcastle and had to pay a compensation cost of about £3 million to get him off the Magpies contract.

Although Ashworth was a key player in all of Manchester United’s summer transfer activity, reporter David Ornstein has disclosed that the Red Devils have made the decision to let him go.

After Manchester United’s 3-2 loss to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, Ashworth’s resignation was decided upon in a meeting with chief executive Omar Berrada, according to Ornstein’s story for The Athletic.

Club co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been ‘pivotal’ to the decision in a move that’ll ‘stun staff’ at Old Trafford. The report insists the ‘final agreement to end Ashworth’s contract was mutual.’

Interestingly, the report suggests that the appointment of Ruben Amorim as Man Utd boss was mainly Berrada’s decision, hinting that Ashworth didn’t have much influence on the call and that he may have wanted to bring in a different manager.

Ashworth reported to Berrada in his role and Ornstein’s report hints Ashworth may have took a back seat in the restructuring of Man Utd following the sacking of Erik ten Hag. Ashworth supported keeping Ten Hag in place after last season, along with all the other Red Devils’ executives.

Ratcliffe the driving force behind Ashworth axe
The decision to part ways with Ashworth comes as a major shock as he looked set to play a major role in building a new Man Utd team.

As mentioned, he played a big role in signing the likes of Leny Yoro, Manuel Ugarte, Matthijs De Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Joshua Zirkzee over the summer, for roughly £200million combined.

In a separate report, journalist Fabrizio Romano has named Ratcliffe as the driving force behind Ashworth’s departure. He said there was a ‘tense situation with Ratcliffe’ who was ‘not happy at all’ with last summer’s transfer strategy.

This is a major U-turn given how highly Ratcliffe spoke of Ashworth back in February. “Dan Ashworth is clearly one of the top sporting directors in the world,” Ratcliffe said.

“I have no doubt he is a very capable person. He is interested in Manchester United because it’s the biggest challenge at the biggest club in the world.

“It would be different at City because you’re maintaining a level. Here it’s a significant rebuilding job. He would be a very good addition.”

Man Utd will now look for another sporting director to come in soon who’ll help rebuild Amorim’s side, who currently sit in a disappointing 13th place in the Premier League table