Sir Dave Brailsford is sounding out former staff at Manchester United as the Ineos Group prepares to make sweeping changes at the club.
Brailsford, the Ineos sporting director, is conducting thorough due diligence and a source has suggested the changes at United could be "brutal".
United sources say Brailsford has been attending meetings this month to gauge the performance challenge at United, whose title drought is certain to tick past 12 years.
Although Ineos plan to hire a sporting director and potentially a head of recruitment, the incumbent football director John Murtough wants to remain at the club.
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