Dan Ashworth left his role as Manchester United sporting director just five months after joining the club, with Arsenal icon Martin Keown issuing a warning over his appointment

When an ashen-faced Dan Ashworth walked across the front of the press room at Old Trafford on Saturday evening, shortly before Ruben Amorim came in to face the media after Manchester United’s 3-2 defeat by Nottingham Forest,

On the recent episode of BBC Radio Manchester's The Devils' Advocate podcast, presenter Joe McGrath discussed the sacking of sporting director, Dan Ashworth: "It's bizarre. I think there's more to the story that they are showing.

Dan Ashworth’s relationship with Arsenal managing director Richard Garlick could see him enter the frame for the sporting director role at the north London club.

Dan Ashworths name has come up with Arsenal because of his good relationship with managing director Richard Garlick and his sudden departure from Manchester United, just five months after being appointed sporting director;

It is understood Berrada and Wilcox will spilt the majority of Ashworth's responsibilities as part of a reshaping of each individual's hierarchical responsibilities.