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Since INEOS have come into Manchester United, they’ve been making big changes to positions off the pitch.
It started off with the announcement that they’ve snapped up Omar Berrada as CEO from rivals Manchester City.
Jason Wilcox has also been brought in as new technical director.
And Dan Ashworth was finally brought into the club after compensation was agreed with Newcastle United.
It seems that the backroom changes have not stopped there.
One current Manchester United employee has just announced that he’s set to leave the club after two years in his role.
Director of Data Science, Dominic Jordan, joined the club in March 2022.
It was viewed, at the time, that United’s data science department was massively behind other clubs and Jordan was tasked to build it up.
During his time at the club, he hired a number of key personnel to try to get a better handle on how United dealt with data.
He has now announced that his time at the club is over.
As head of a pretty important department at the club, it’s a major role being vacated.
Dominic Jordan confirms he’s leaving MUFC
Writing on LinkedIn, Jordan said: “It’s been quite a personal and professional journey, but today is my last day at Manchester United.
“I want to thank all my colleagues for their support over the years and willingness to embrace new technology and ideas.
“We created innovative algorithms and best-in-class metrics wrapped up in processes which made a huge difference across all football departments: all the things I set out to achieve when I joined the club.
“In particular I want to pay tribute to my team, who are – and this is saying something – the best team I have ever put together.
“They are everything a manager would want.
“So thank you Chris Shumba, Andrew Davies, Alex Kleyn and Max Adema, as well as my team at DXC – together we built stuff which got very close to the pitch. In Chris’s words we ‘grew what matters’. I’m glad I shared the experience with you.
“That said, for everything I achieved, and however it contributed to the long and short-term success of the club, I could not have done it without the support and understanding of my family.
“Thanks for putting up with me working all those weekends and evenings, for stressing over game plans and signings, and for my changeable moods. You’re the best!
“I’m going to spend time on holiday with the family, watch the Olympics, catch up on some personal projects and then, for the first time since University, I will be actively looking for a new challenge.”
The statement doesn’t seem clear whether Dominic Jordan decided to leave on his own accord or if it was the club’s decision to go in a new direction.
Whatever the case may be, it seems that work is ongoing as the new leadership put together a new team behind the scenes.
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