Newcastle United could not get the £20 million compensation fee they wanted for Dan Ashworth. The Magpies allowed their former sporting director to join Manchester United.
Although the club insisted on being paid for Ashworth, Chronicle Live reports that the eventual fee Newcastle got was meagre.
Former Manchester City financial advisor Stefan Borson when speaking to Football Insider said: “There is quite a lot of rumour and counter rumour about how much Newcastle settled for in the end on Ashworth.
“I did hear one source say to me the fee was as low as £3m. I’ve heard that it was well below £10m and nowhere near some of the numbers that have been rumoured.
“At the end of the day, Newcastle were over a barrel as they admitted last week.
“The CEO Darren Eales admitted that it was very close at the last minute in terms of Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR).
“I don’t think they were in a very good negotiating position at the death. I suspect Man United did a decent deal.”
