Newcastle granted permission to speak to Brighton’s Dan Ashworth about sporting director role | Football News

Newcastle have been given permission to speak to Brighton technical director Dan Ashworth.

Sky Sports News can confirm The Athletic’s report that Newcastle’s new owners are interested in appointing the 50-year-old as their new sporting director.

Ashworth is known to be on their shortlist of candidates for the role.

Brighton are keen for Ashworth to stay in his position on the south coast but have not blocked talks between him and Newcastle.

There will be a number of factors for Ashworth to consider during the discussions and he could yet stay with Brighton.

Newcastle recently appointed Nicky Hammond as a temporary consultant while the club’s new ownership group seek to appoint a director of football.

The club have also recently brought in Mark Leyland from Liverpool in the newly created role of first-team coach analyst.

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