After success with West Bromwich, Brighton and now Newcastle, the 52-year-old footballer, who came to work with Newcastle in the summer of 2022, was rumored to be ready for a move. He went on to work for Manchester United after becoming a target for Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the shareholder. What's new in Dream Theater
Having started his career as a trader with Norwich, Ashworth quickly moved into coaching. They have been attending training courses since they were teenagers as well as studying the director's work at the same time.
He eventually took over as manager of Cambridge United for three years and moved on to play the role of technical and sporting director for West Bromwich Albion for a further five years before landing a contract signing role with Manchester United. While working at Brighton, he had to watch at least 300 matches each season in order to find a dealer for quality footballers at reasonable prices.
Not only that, Ashworth also served as the Football Association's (FA) Director of Excellence from 2012 to 2019 before sitting in an important chair with Newcastle around this time. He eventually became a target for Manchester United
However, whether Ashworth ends up moving into a bigger role at Manchester United or not, no one can deny that he is a real bargain, having signed six top players.
-Peter Odemwingie
He may not be a famous footballer but at the very least, the former Nigerian national team striker is a favorite among West Bromwich Albion fans thanks to his explosive performances, scoring 31 goals and providing 17 assists in 90 appearances for the club. Between 2010 and 2013 after being withdrawn from Lokomotiv Moscow for 1.5 Only one million pounds.
In just his first season with the Baggies, Odemwingie scored 15 goals in the Premier League, earning him the title of top scorer for the Hawthorns, and Brom led the team to finish the season in the Premier League in 11th, 10th and 8th places respectively. .
To this day he is also the club's top scorer in the Premier League with 30 goals, proving that Ashworth made the right decision in signing him, along with Romelu Lukaku, another West Brom player on loan from Chelsea.
“It's a smart use of money,” Ashworth said at the time. “Odemwingie is fantastic. I would also like to mention Lukaku on loan as well.”
-Alexis McAllister
Despite his success with West Brom, it was at Brighton that Ashworth achieved an impressive reputation for recruiting players. They sold it for a handsome profit by opting to sign players who had not played in Europe's top five leagues.
McAllister was just 20 years old when he joined the Seagulls in January 2019. He was loaned out to Argentinos Juniors, his former agency, as well as to Boca Juniors, another team in his homeland.
The Argentine midfielder eventually moved to the English Premier League and achieved success during his four years with Brighton, where he scored 20 goals and made 9 assists in 112 matches, until Liverpool approached him to buy him for an initial price of 35 million pounds, which could be increased to 55 million pounds after successfully winning the World Championship with him. White Sky Team.
– Moises Caicedo
Caicedo was captured by Ashworth from an unknown team. Independiente del Valle in the Ecuadorian League in February 2021 for £4.5m, and until August 2023 the Seagulls could sell him to Chelsea for a hefty price of up to £115m.
In addition to Caicedo, the Estadio Amex club is also known for attracting several low-priced Latin players, including Facundo Buonanotti (Ru Sarrio Central, £5.3m) and Julio Enciso (Libertad Asuncion, £9.5m).
– Kaoru Mitoma
Leandro Trossard and Mark Kuguria were also popular at Brighton, but it is Mitouma who is talked about the most due to his brilliant performance that created excitement among fans everywhere, a time when he dragged the ball into a dangerous area for the opposing team.
After moving from Kawasaki Frontale in August 2021 for a fee of 2.7 million pounds, the Japan national team winger was sent on loan to Royal Union Saint-Cello, a Belgian league team, and he will use him directly before returning to the Seagulls. To fight for manager Graeme Potter.
So far, the Samurai star has scored 13 goals and provided 14 assists in 66 appearances for Brighton, and like many of his former teammates, he is a target for some of England's top teams.
-Nick Pope
After leaving Brighton, Ashworth moved to work with Newcastle in the summer of 2022, once a group of Saudi investors took over Newcastle. But he is still focused on signing players for reasonable fees as before.
Pope joined from Burnley for just £10m and quickly became a valuable signing even though the England goalkeeper was 30 years old at the time.
Pope is therefore an affordable acquisition for Ashworth, similar to the deals Adam Lallana and Joel Veltman brought to Brighton.
– Alexander Isaac
This is the player for whom Ashworth paid the largest sum, £60m, by signing the striker from Real Sociedad to join Newcastle, which was injected with money from the new owner.
After spending two days in San Sebastian with Magpies chief scout Steve Nixon, negotiations with the La Liga side have ended happily, and even the Swedish striker will face a difficult period. But when St James' Park's most expensive player is finally fit, he has already rewarded the Isan side in the Premier League with 24 goals as well as 3 assists in 52 appearances so far.
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