{"id":153340,"date":"2024-02-19T15:47:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T15:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/19\/man-utd-learn-newcastles-hefty-dan-ashworth-price-tag\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T15:47:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T15:47:52","slug":"man-utd-learn-newcastles-hefty-dan-ashworth-price-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/19\/man-utd-learn-newcastles-hefty-dan-ashworth-price-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd learn Newcastle\u2019s hefty Dan Ashworth price tag \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Newcastle United are holding out for a hefty \u00a320m compensation fee from Manchester United after placing sporting director Dan Ashworth on gardening leave, according to multiple reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man Utd\u2019s incoming shareholders INEOS, headed up by British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, are looking to restructure the club\u2019s hierarchy and want to appoint the Red Devils\u2019 first ever sporting director in a bid to revolutionise how they operate in the transfer market.<\/p>\n<p>They quickly identified Ashworth as their top target and made an approach to him last week, with the 52-year-old informing Newcastle of the offer and later his desire to move to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Athletic<\/em>\u00a0report Ashworth has now been placed on gardening leave by Newcastle, who are unwilling to release him from his contract and want \u00a320m from Man Utd in order to let him go.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle are yet to be formally contacted by\u00a0Man Utd\u00a0over Ashworth but the two clubs are expected to discuss terms in the near future.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>In a press conference on Friday, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe admitted\u00a0he was concerned\u00a0about the prospect of Ashworth taking the club\u2019s transfer secrets and contract plans to a competitive rival, though insisted most of the Magpies\u2019 best signings in recent years were not under his jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>Ashworth joined\u00a0Newcastle\u00a0in the summer of 2022 after a three-month period of gardening leave at Brighton &amp; Hove Albion, where he spent three years as technical director. 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