Dan Ashworth who’s been really important in English football, is talking about coming back to the FA. People think his return would help make better English coaches. Ashworth’s know-how fits with what teams like Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion are doing these days.
- Dan Ashworth is talking about rejoining the FA
- If he comes back it could help make more good English coaches
- Ashworth’s work has changed English football a lot at clubs and with England
Dan Ashworth’s Career and Influence
Dan Ashworth has been real important in English football especially with making players better and planning stuff. He started at West Bromwich Albion where he was the Sporting and Technical Director and made really good ways to find new players. This got him a job with the FA in 2012 where he was Director of Elite Development. At the FA he made this thing called “England DNA” which helped England’s young teams win stuff like the U-17 and U-20 World Cups.
When he worked at Brighton & Hove Albion as Technical Director he showed how good he was at planning stuff and helped them stay in the Premier League by making their academy better and thinking ahead. Now that he might come back to the FA people think it’ll help make better English coaches cause he knows so much about it.
🔺NEW: Dan Ashworth, the former Man United sporting director, is in talks to rejoin the FA and help develop top English coaches.
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Impact on Club Strategies
Ashworth has changed how lots of clubs work not just England teams. At Brighton & Hove Albion he was really good at getting new players and making the academy better which is kinda like what Manchester United wants to do now. You can see this in how they just got this young kid Diego León from Paraguay cause they want to get good players when they’re young.
Some people say Ashworth used to work at Manchester United as sporting director but there’s no proof of that actually. He mostly worked in jobs where he planned stuff and helped players get better which really changed English football.
Potential Return to the FA
The timing of when Ashworth might come back to the FA is really interesting. In 2025, the FA really wants to make better English coaches and that’s exactly what Ashworth is good at. He did really well with that “England DNA” thing before and now the FA wants to make more good English coaches which is really important if England wants to keep doing well in world football.
If you wanna know more about English football and see how teams are doing, check out the Premier League. You can also learn more about how Brighton & Hove Albion did things when Ashworth was there.
