What happened on Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox's private Manchester United business trip

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Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox made a private business trip to Adidas' headquarters in Germany this week. Manchester United played Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League on Thursday night and Berrada and Wilcox visited Adidas in Herzogenaurach, Germany in the days before the game.

Berrada (CEO) and Wilcox (technical director) are expected to assume Dan Ashworth's previous responsibilities as sporting director in the short term and their visit to Adidas was their first public outing together since his shock departure, which was confirmed on Sunday morning.

Ineos' Josh Thompson was also in attendance at Adidas HQ and the visit, which touched upon data analytics, was described by a source as "a general immersion" in their technology. ALSO READ: United player ratings from Europa League win ALSO READ: Most United players supportive of Amorim's rotation United's trip to Herzogenaurach came shortly after Sir Jim Ratcliffe's critical comments on data analysis at the club but the suggestion the visit was related was rejected by a source.

In a recent interview with United We Stand magazine, a candid Ratcliffe said: "Data analysis... doesn't really exist here. We're still in the last century on data analysis here." Adidas are United's biggest commercial partner - their current kit deal is worth €1billion over 10 years - and Berrada and Wilcox visited their headquarters while they were in the region.