Newcastle United have received a compensation package of £10m for Dan Ashworth following his eventual move to Manchester United.
It was well documented that the club were initially holding out for £20m to release our former sporting director from a period of agreed gardening leave, yet Jim Ratcliffe’s Red Devils went nowhere near that figure. It’s believed Man Utd made a ‘take it or leave it’ offer of £3m last month after previously bidding just £2m; the fee Newcastle paid Brighton to land Ashworth two years ago.
However, as revealed by the i’s Matt Hughes, it’s thought a £10m package has now been agreed, with PIF governor and Newcastle Chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan ‘adamant’ that Ashworth would only leave on our terms.
It’s reported that Al-Rumayyan felt ‘personally affronted’ by Ashworth’s ‘professions of ignorance’, with the Saudi chief also branding Ratcliffe’s initial offer of £2m as an insult.
In the end, it seems both clubs have met in the middle and agreed a £10m deal to ensure we can move on – as we have done with the appointment of Paul Mitchell – and Man Utd can stop moaning and have their man, but it feels like we’ve come out winning, securing £10m for a director we paid £2m for and landing Mitchell for free following his exit from Monaco.
This is actually hilarious, especially given some of the floating I’ve seen from ManUre fans. I remember when the news first dropped about Ashworth and the figure being talked about was £10m, which was seen as very high. Within no time it was being reported we wanted £20m. Great business from the owners, they never expected to get £20m, they just needed to make £10m feel like a good deal to Ratcliffe!
Ian(Quote)
This is actually hilarious, especially given some of the gloating I’ve seen from ManUre fans. I remember when the news first dropped about Ashworth and the figure being talked about was £10m, which was seen as very high. Within no time it was being reported we wanted £20m. Great business from the owners, they never expected to get £20m, they just needed to make £10m feel like a good deal to Ratcliffe!
Ian(Quote)
I’ll wait for our finances to be made public to find out how much we paid before believing a journo who has basically made it up.
About Mitchell he left Monaco in 2023, I’ve seen reports saying he was our first choice again journo’s making it up as they seem to forget our first choice Dougie Freedman turning us down. Hey why let the truth get in the way of a good story 😂
Porkpie(Quote)
Does anyone know where Ashworth lived?
Wor Lass wants to move to a house with a nice garden.
Geordie Mac(Quote)