£100m star, Bundesliga raid - Man United's dream transfer window if Marco Neppe becomes sporting director
Sir Jim Ratcliffe still has a little red tape to cross through before formally stepping into his seat at Old Trafford, but the INEOS founder is already starting to sprinkle his magic behind the scenes. Omar Berrada is on board as the new CEO as Manchester United work towards joining together Gary Neville's fundamental triangle of hiring a top chief executive, sporting director and head of recruitment.
With a new chief executive in place, Neville wants United to follow up that eye-catching appointment by adding the right sporting director and recruitment figurehead. Ratcliffe is very much on the same page, though, as the 71-year-old continues to wait for Premier League ratification on his recent £1.25billion investment.
That deal was not the fully-fledged takeover Neville and most supporters were hoping for. However, key changes are being made at a decent rate; allowing those who have suffered watching the much-maligned Glazer family try and operate to dream that better days might, finally, be around the corner.
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Dan Ashworth is on the radar for United and has ties with INEOS through Sir Dave Brailsford. His sterling work for Newcastle - and prior to that Brighton - has been lauded across the footballing sphere and there is some hope he could be lured to Old Trafford as sporting director in a second cross-Premier League coup.
His would-be availability remains unclear, though, as United assess other potential candidates. As they say, as one door closes another one opens, with departing Bayern Munich operator Marco Neppe simultaneously outlined as a possible option for INEOS to consider after his decade-long
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