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Manchester United’s Head of Girls’s Soccer, Polly Bancroft appears to be like set to depart the membership as INEOS take a look at a behind-the-scenes shake-up of each the boys’s and ladies’s staff.
The Each day Mail first broke the information of Bancroft’s potential departure final evening and sources near the membership have backed up these rumours.
Acc. to sources Polly Bancroft has utilized for numerous jobs together with one with the NewCo.👋#MUWomen pic.twitter.com/1nMj0oA92l
— The Guru🕵️♂️ (@ajabbaruk) February 20, 2024
Bancroft left Brighton to affix United in October 2022.
It’s thought INEOS are taking motion amid rumours of disorganisation within the girls’s camp.
They need to guarantee a smoother course of relating to transfers and contract negotiations, one thing which Bancroft oversaw earlier than Sam Barnett got here from the boys’s aspect to assist with this final summer time.
Barnett has now left the membership with the membership’s switch negotiator, Matt Hargreaves and ladies’s participant recruitment lead, Harvey Bussell, now concerned.
It’s unclear whether or not they’ll exchange Bancroft or restructure the present setup.
United had a blended switch window final summer time. They had been closely criticised for failing to barter new contracts for first staff gamers resembling Alessia Russo and Ona Batlle who subsequently left on free transfers on the finish of final season.
They recruited effectively, bringing within the likes of Geyse and Hinata Miyazawa, however there was numerous change within the membership they usually have struggled to settle and maintain tempo with the highest three.
Extra key gamers, together with Mary Earps, might be set to depart within the subsequent switch window as their contracts additionally expire.
In the meantime, Marc Skinner’s contract expires on the finish of the season too and he’s but to signal an extension.
A small part of followers turned towards him in direction of the top of 2023 and the style of the loss at Arsenal final weekend has piled on the strain, drawing criticism from the likes of Ian Wright.
The previous Arsenal participant took to Twitter as he lamented: “All this speak about ‘extra recruitment’ wanted for Man United Girls however look how poor the staff was setup right this moment.”
All this speak about “extra recruitment” wanted for Man United Girls however look how poor the staff was setup right this moment. Arsenal not at their greatest however very snug and higher ready.
— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) February 17, 2024
Nonetheless, it is a matter which has divided the fanbase. After final season’s success many imagine Skinner has no less than earned the chance to see out the season and a optimistic run within the FA Cup might purchase him extra time.
