Manchester United has withdrawn Manchester United Jean-Claude United as director, instead of confirming a new role for one of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s closest assistants.
Blanc has been the CEO of the INEOS sports arm since he was designated on the Board of Directors of Old Trafford, with Sir Dave Brailsford, after the purchase of Ratcliffe last year.
The French, formerly President of the Council at JuventusIt will continue to be involved in the operation of United, but now in a consulting role.
“Jean-Claude Blanc has abandoned his position as director of Manchester UnitedHowever, it will continue to play an active role in the management of the club in its new position as head of international football relations and special advisor to the board, “a statement confirmed.
In the midst of more structural changes to Old Trafford, it is said that the club took Michael Sansoni on a major data role, having identified this analysis as an area to be reinforced. Sansoni has named Formula 1, working with Mercedes, which is a third of the INEOS property.
It Daily He writes that the movement has the blessing of Mercedes, with the senior officials of United, believing that Sansoni’s skills and experience in F1 data analysis are transferable.
Ratcliffe has previously described United as still in the “last century” on data analysis. “United completely lost the data revolution,” the The British billionaire sighed“That Brighton and Brentford did not, which Liverpool also did.
“Liverpool had Ian Graham analyzing data between 2012 and 2023. They took Jurgen Klopp and had Michael Edwards as sports director and Graham, who is the genius of data analysis football.”
“Graham was the precursor and United was lost,” Ratcliffe continued. “We still miss, because we still have no data analysis in United.”
