BREAKING: Man United Sporting Director leaves the club just five months after joining

Dan Ashworth has left Manchester United after just five months.

Ashworth joined the Red Devils as sporting director on July 1 after a lengthy period of gardening leave at Newcastle United.

However the transition has not been smooth and an exit has been decided on.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is believed to have played a key role in the decision to part ways.

Ratcliffe, and right-hand man Sir Dave Brailsford, put the 53-year-old in charge of ‘football performance, recruitment and operations’ at United.

Ashworth had a meeting with chief executive Omar Berrada at Old Trafford following the club’s 3-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.