“Paul Mitchell, I get it, he has a history of doing good things and the same with Michael Edwards, Julian Ward at Liverpool. They have a body of successful work that is recognised, so has Dan Ashworth with England and then Brighton and now at Newcastle.
“You can understand that but nobody says that about Palace. (Michael) Olise, (Eberechi) Eze and (Marc) Guehi are three players you look at that have been good signings but for every one of those, there are others that haven’t worked.
“They don’t have a reputation that makes you understand why United would go for him. Dan Ashworth has been in these roles before but John Murtough has worked in positions that aren’t based around football. He was helping out behind the scenes but not in football things.”
