Brighton chief Barber confident keeping Ashworth amid Newcastle interest

Tribal Football

·28 January 2022

Brighton chief Barber confident keeping Ashworth amid Newcastle interest

Brighton chief executive Paul Barber is confident the club can retain technical director Dan Ashworth.

Newcastle United are pushing hard to recruit Ashworth.

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"I hope Dan stays for as long as possible," Barber told The Argus.

"There are always going to be options for our best people, whether they are coaches or staff, to take opportunities when they come along.

"We can't control that. But our policy has always been, when we are approached by other clubs for our staff, we want them to go and have that conversation if that's what they're being invited to do.

"Sometimes, and in a lot of cases, they go and have the conversations and they come back to us and say, 'I am happy here and I like it here more'.

"Whereas if you block people from that, it can build that resentment.

"We hope Dan stays for a long time."

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