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Revealed: Ben Clarke arrives at Man United after securing full agreement ahead of January - sources
Man United have completed a deal to hire Ben Clarke from Cardiff City ahead of the January window, sources have told Football Insider.
The Irishman has headed to the Premier League giants from the Championship club to take on a recruitment role.
At Cardiff, Clarke was head of academy recruitment and alerted United to make a move as they look to beef up their talent spotting department.
Football Insider broke the news on 19th October that Clarke was set to join United after being head-hunted by the club.
He has now updated his social media biography to reveal that he has left Cardiff and is now working for the Champions League club.
United have targeted Clarke to head up their academy recruitment as they look to bring the best young talent in the country and across the world to Old Trafford.
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The club are preparing for a total revamp of their footballing operations at the club if Sir Jim Ratcliffe is successful in his bid to buy a minority stake in the club.
Ratcliffe looks set to purchase a 25 per cent stake in the club for around £1.3billion.
If it all goes through, Ratcliffe’s company INEOS will take control of the football side of the club from the deeply unpopular owners the Glazers.
United have had a poor start to their current campaign with their opening 10 Premier League matches yielding five defeats, including last Sunday’s crushing 3-0 home defeat to Man City.
Erik ten Hag’s side have fared little better in the Champions League, losing to Galatasaray and Bayern Munich before securing a 1-0 win over Copenhagen last week thanks to a dramatic last-gasp penalty save from Andre Onana.
United spent more than £170million on new signings in the summer on marquee signings including Mason Mount, goalkeeper Onana, and Sofyan Amrabat as well as striker Rasmus Hojlund.
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