Manchester United's deputy football director Andy O’Boyle is the latest senior figure to leave the club as a result of the restructuring under Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

O’Boyle helped Ineos through a transition period following Ratcliffe’s £1.3billion investment, particularly after football director John Murtough departed in April, as the new co-owners set up a new leadership team.

He was involved in the £200million-worth of transfer deals to bring Leny Yoro, Joshua Zirkzee, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui, Manuel Ugarte and Sekou Kone to the club this summer, as well as overseeing a number of players leaving Old Trafford.

The former head of elite performance at the Premier League, who joined United in May 2022 to support Murtough, has also played a key role in bringing United’s data analytics up to standard.

But with sporting director Dan Ashworth and technical director Jason Wilcox now settled in their new jobs, it’s understood that United no longer have need for an executive in O’Boyle’s position and he will seek a similar role elsewhere.

Manchester United 's deputy football director, 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 like it was your very last, basically giving everything you've got no matter what the situation,’ said Ugarte.

‘It's something totally natural that you find in Uruguayan players and it's down to lots of things: the background and context we've played in and because there are so few of us. Uruguay is a tiny country, but it's won and achieved a lot. ‘