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Manchester United chief to depart as Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox slim down management team
Manchester United deputy football director Andy O’Boyle is set to leave the club in the latest structural changes at Old Trafford.
O’Boyle joined United in May 2022 from the Premier League, where he had been head of elite performance.
He was tasked with helping to improve operations across the men’s, women’s and academy teams alongside then football director John Murtough.
When Murtough left in April, in the wake of Sir Jim Ratcliffe taking control of football operations after buying a minority stake in the club, O’Boyle filled the void and played an important role supporting Ineos through the transition while they waited for sporting director Dan Ashworth and chief executive Omar Berrada to start.
Ashworth and technical director Jason Wilcox are thought to be keen to avoid there being too many chiefs and layers at the club, while O’Boyle has lofty ambitions and requires a role commensurate with his experience and ability.
O’Boyle arrived at United with a strong reputation in the football industry, having worked previously at Liverpool, Coventry and the Football Association as well as the Premier League.
Good reputation
Well regarded by Sir Dave Brailsford, Ratcliffe’s director of sport at Ineos, and a football club board member at United, O’Boyle – who also has his Uefa Pro Licence – is likely to be in demand.
O’Boyle played a significant role in the summer transfer window when United signed Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte and sold a host of players.
He is also credited with playing an important role in the overhauls of the medical and sports science department and the changes to recruitment and the women’s team. He spearheaded the recruitment from Arsenal last year of United’s new head of sports medicine, Gary O’Driscoll.
United are in the process of shedding hundreds of jobs as part of a huge cost-cutting drive and restructuring process under Ratcliffe.
United employed 1,144 staff according to their latest accounts for the three months to March 31, but those numbers are expected to fall below 900 once the club-wide redundancy programme is complete.
