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In the end, United paid £10m for Ashworth, who ended up on gardening leave for the same amount of time he was actually in post at United.

The 53-year-old officially joined the club on 1 July after spending five months on gardening leave at Newcastle.

To add to the sense of change, in July Dan Ashworth and Omar Berrada finally came off respective periods of gardening leave to take up the sporting director and chief executive roles.

Confirmed in his role on 1 July after spending an extended period of time on gardening leave after telling Newcastle he wanted to quit, Ashworth's concentration during his early weeks at United was solely focused on the transfer window.

Ratcliffe's Ineos group also presently has limited football experience at United, given their chief executive Omar Berrada and intended football director Dan Ashworth are yet to complete respective periods of gardening leave.