Last week, it was made public how much it cost Manchester United to fire Dan Ashworth. According to Man U’s financial records, it cost the Old Trafford team £4.1 million. Despite only working for his new bosses for five months, Ashworth was released early from his gardening leave at NUFC after Newcastle United and Manchester United reached an agreement with Paul Mitchell. According to a recent exclusive from The Times (see below), Ashworth has now agreed to take on a new role.
The former Sporting Director of Newcastle United is working for nothing and changing sports.
Dan Ashworth will serve as Warwickshire County Cricket Club’s voluntary adviser.
With the money he took from the Manchester United fools, I guess it’s safe to assume he can afford to do so.
The Times, February 24, 2025:
After departing Manchester United, Dan Ashworth is now serving as an advisor for Warwickshire County Cricket Club.
Ashworth worked for Sir Jim Ratcliffe at Old Trafford for just five months after joining [Manchester] United as technical director last summer.
The 53-year-old had held comparable positions at the FA, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Newcastle United in the past.
He joined the Warwickshire cricket audit committee in 2021, so he already has a relationship with them. That honorary job comprised oversight of what Warwickshire dubbed their elite teams and high-performance structure.
Warwickshire is expected to name a new performance director in the next few days, but Ashworth is not believed to have been given any consideration, in part due to the position’s comparatively modest pay in comparison to his prior positions. Instead, he will use his football knowledge to serve as a voluntary adviser to the county on a variety of topics, including high performance.
The Mag report – 19 February 2025:
The exact amount of compensation Manchester United gave Dan Ashworth has now been made public.
This information is being made public by the Manchester United financials quarterly release.
Manchester United paid Dan Ashworth an astounding £4.1 million.
When Paul Mitchell was prepared to take Ashworth’s place, NUFC finally permitted Ashworth to depart, and the amount of money Man U paid Newcastle United is still unknown (while many amounts have been reported in the media, £5 million seems to have been the most likely amount).
But given that they only hired Dan Ashworth for five months, the total cost for Manchester United must be enormous. This includes Ashworth’s pay for the short time he was at Old Trafford, the £4.1 million in compensation that was given after he was fired, and the unknowable millions that Newcastle United had to pay to let him take an early leave of absence from gardening.
Manchester United also spent £10.4 million to fire Erik ten Hag and his backroom crew and pay them compensation, as you can see below. In this most recent quarter alone, £14.5 million in “exceptional” expenses were paid out.
Naturally, this excludes the amount Man U paid Sporting to acquire Amorim, as well as the compensation they will have to pay when they fire this failed manager and his backroom crew in the near future!
Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazers and appalling disgrace, terminating hundreds of poorly paid people and also sacking their club legend Fergie as a club ambassador.
Although Ratcliffe’s haughty public remarks are a complete embarrassment, we should actually applaud him because he has transformed Manchester United from a poorly managed team under the Glazers to a complete mess.
Report from The Athletic, February 19, 2025:
‘Manchester United paid £4.1m in compensation to sporting director Dan Ashworth following his departure earlier this season, according to the club’s latest financial results.
Manchester United’s figures for the second quarter of the 2024-25 season reveal a total of £14.5m in exceptional costs related to the departures of Ashworth, manager Erik ten Hag and his backroom staff.
The cost of firing Ten Hag and his employees was £10.4 million, according to the Old Trafford club’s first-quarter figures.
In early December, Ashworth resigned from his position as sporting director, just five months after formally joining Manchester United from his previous club, Newcastle United.
Manchester United’s figures show the price of a turbulent season thus far at Old Trafford; the club’s second-quarter deficit of £27.7 million was a result of £14.5 million in unusual charges.
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