Just now: Newcastle’s plans for the summer transfer window in the absence of Dan Ashworth
Just now: Newcastle’s plans for the summer transfer window in the absence of Dan Ashworth
Dan Ashworth, who is on gardening leave and has not yet left the club to join Manchester United, means that Newcastle United’s summer transfer strategy is presently being run without a designated sporting director.
As for Ashworth’s recruitment, Chris Waugh of The Athletic claims that the club has already gone back to the recruitment procedures used by NUFC during the January and summer transfer windows of 2022.
Although the manager will still have the final say over any possible signings, head of recruiting Steve Nickson, together with his deputy and Eddie’s brother Andy Howe, are already heavily involved in scouting and negotiating with player agents.
An “informal transfer committee” led by CEO Darren Eales and comprising Amanda Staveley, Mehrdad Ghodoussi, Jamie Reuben, and all of them, will be in charge of completing transactions until a new sporting director is hired.
Speaking of that role, it’s thought that Johannes Spors of 777 Partners Football Group and Dougie Freedman of Crystal Palace are the primary contenders being evaluated. Though there is still some time left for Newcastle to function before the season ends in one week and much more until the transfer market begins in mid-June, all signs seem to point toward the former’s employment.
To minimize any detrimental effects on any transfer plans the club may wish to put together before the summer, the appointment of a new sporting director is anticipated to come to an end soon.
A club may discover that the next gem emerges from the early-summer tournament, as is frequently the case when these international competitions take place, which makes it even more imperative to appoint someone to oversee the transfer business with Euro 2024 starting in less than a month.
