- Manchester United deputy manager reportedly leaving Old Trafford
- Andy O’Boyle has been in his current role at the club for the past two years
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Manchester United’s deputy director of football Andy O’Boyle is the latest senior manager to leave the club as a result of the restructuring led by Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
O’Boyle helped Ineos through the transition period following Ratcliffe’s £1.3bn investment, particularly after football director John Murtough left in April while the new co-owners put together a new leadership team.
He was involved in the £200m transfer deals that brought Leny Yoro, Joshua Zirkzee, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui, Manuel Ugarte and Sekou Kone to the club this summer, as well as overseeing the departures of a number of players from Old Trafford.
The Premier League’s former head of elite performance, who joined United in May 2022 to support Murtough, has also played a key role in bringing United’s data analytics up to scratch.
With sporting director Dan Ashworth and technical director Jason Wilcox now settled in, it seems United no longer need a manager in O’Boyle’s role and he will look elsewhere for a similar role.
Manchester United’s deputy director of football Andy O’Boyle (right) is set to leave the club
Meanwhile, Ugarte gave his first club interview on Tuesday and promised to bring his renowned fighting spirit to help Erik ten Hag’s team recover from a difficult start to the season.
“It’s about fighting for every ball as if it were your last. Giving everything you have, no matter the situation,” Ugarte said.
‘It’s something very natural that you find in Uruguayan players and it comes from many things: the background and context in which we have played and because we are so few. Uruguay is a small country, but it has won and achieved a lot.’