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Woodward has previously fielded calls from agents, directors of football and other outside sources on transfer-related matters, with United facing criticism previously that the channels of communication were not clearly defined over recruitment, but Murtough will now take responsibility for that.
United have also been criticised for lacking an experienced football figure in the transfer negotiation process but that is a role Fletcher, who won five Premier League titles and the Champions League during his 20 years as a player at the club, will now help to fill.
Patrice Evra, the former United defender, accused United of sending “lawyers to talk to players” in a stinging assault last September on the club’s approach to recruitment and, specifically, Matt Judge.
United are understood to have accepted they needed someone with whom would-be recruits could better relate during the negotiation process and Fletcher, amid other wider responsibilities, will become that conduit.
As someone who was also unsure about the Matt Judge news these snippets have calmed me somewhat, Fletcher's basically being sent into negotiations with Judge to babysit him.Judge, who previously worked under the title of head of corporate development, now becomes director of football negotiations and will retain responsibility for transfer and contract negotiations, albeit now assisted in that process by Fletcher.