Man Utd set to swoop after director of football offers Southampton resignation

Jason Wilcox has supplied his resignation at Southampton after Manchester United made an official strategy to rent him as their new director of soccer.

The Purple Devils are shaking issues up behind the scenes following Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos’ arrival as key traders, taking management of soccer operations on the membership. Omar Berrada is because of turn into their new chief government, whereas Newcastle sporting director Dan Ashworth has additionally been focused.

Wilcox, Manchester Metropolis’s former academy chief, is now mentioned to have resigned from his position at St Mary’s as per Fabrizio Romano.

Wilcox left his position on the Etihad Stadium in 2023 to take a senior position at Southampton, having helped the likes of Phil Foden, Cole Palmer and Rico Lewis make their first-team debuts for the Cityzens.

Man Utd have made a proposal definitely worth the equal of a 12 months’s wage, in response to Sky Sports, and imagine that may meet a buy-out clause in his present contract. Southampton, nevertheless, have disputed the existence of such a clause and are sad with the timing of the strategy.

Southampton are embroiled within the promotion hunt within the Championship, at present sandwiched between Leeds and West Brom in fourth, and imagine Wilcox is value heaps extra in compensation regardless of his temporary keep of simply 9 months thus far.

Berrada is alleged to be eager for Wilcox to be a part of a brand new recruitment workforce at Outdated Trafford to be led by 53-year-old backroom goal Ashworth. The sporting director has been positioned on gardening go away by the Magpies however there are fears a stalemate has been reached in negotiations with United.

Newcastle are mentioned to be eager for a compensation payment value £20m for Ashworth, however Man Utd have thus far refused to fulfill that asking worth.

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