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Sir Dave Brailsford meeting former Manchester United staff as 'brutal' changes planned

Changes are planned at Man United as Ineos prepare to assume control of the football operations at the club.

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Samuel Luckhurst Chief Manchester United writer
09:00, 17 Jan 2024Updated 09:57, 17 Jan 2024
Brailsford and Blanc watch on at Wigan
Brailsford and Blanc watch on at Wigan

Sir Dave Brailsford is sounding out former staff at Manchester United as the Ineos Group prepares to make sweeping changes at the club.

Brailsford, the Ineos sporting director, is conducting thorough due diligence and a source has suggested the changes at United could be "brutal".

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United sources say Brailsford has been attending meetings this month to gauge the performance challenge at United, whose title drought is certain to tick past 12 years.

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Although Ineos plan to hire a sporting director and potentially a head of recruitment, the incumbent football director John Murtough wants to remain at the club.

A club source said in December it was "in the balance" as to whether Murtough stays at United or ends his decade-long association with the club.

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The Manchester Evening News revealed last month Ineos are open to retaining Murtough in a more administrative role and Murtough never envisaged his role at United to centre on recruitment.

United have backed manager Erik ten Hag with investment of more than £400million on signings and sources have stressed they were tracking certain targets before the Dutchman was appointed in April 2022.

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However, Murtough feels his involvement in picking players has been limited and six of Ten Hag's permanent additions played in the Eredivisie.

Brailsford and Jean Claude Blanc, the Ineos chief executive for sport, are due to join the United football board. A new chief executive could report into Blanc but it is unlikely Patrick Stewart, the interim chief executive, will stay in the role permanently.

Blanc and Brailsford accompanied Sir Jim Ratcliffe at meetings with United fan groups on Monday.

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