So much so that he may leave Southampton to go with Manchester United, according to The Athletic. The Premier League’s biggest clubs are negotiating to sign Dan Ashworth from Newcastle.

The article states that Ashworth, who has made an impression in positions at England, Brighton, and now Newcastle, is being considered for the position of sporting director at Manchester United. The Toon will desire to maintain.

Manchester United eyeing former Leeds man Jason Wilcox

However, some people find it difficult to resist the allure of Old Trafford. Manchester United wants Ashworth to be the star player, but they also want to surround him with players who have experience in this particular area of the game.

After playing for Leeds for five years, from 1999 to 2004, Wilcox left the team after they were ultimately relegated, and Manchester United is currently negotiating a deal to acquire him from Southampton.

It would be devastating for Leeds to lose a player who has featured in over 100 games for them, but it would also be devastating for Southampton, which is our closest league opponent.

In another development:

Ian Foster, the manager of Plymouth Argyle, is getting his team ready for Saturday’s third-straight matchup with Leeds United.

Following their November league match victory at Elland Road, Leeds and Argyle were drawn to play each other in the FA Cup fourth round.

Leeds had to travel to Home Park last Tuesday during the week after a 1-1 draw at the end of January. There, they defeated Chelsea 4-1 in extra time to set up a fixture against Chelsea.

Every Championship team is currently incredibly busy, but Leeds does have an extra advantage because they played Plymouth last night and Swansea City on Tuesday.

Foster says Leeds will be ‘rubbing their hands’

“Leeds United will be rubbing their hands,” he remarked. The previous time we saw them, they performed on a Friday night and rested the following day. They played last night, so they have one extra day of relaxation before we play them on Saturday.

They will undoubtedly notice that and assume that we are psychologically and physically exhausted, but we will be OK. Before Saturday at 12:30, we’ll make sure the players have all the help they require.

While the extra 24 hours will be useful for Leeds, it has to be said that Plymouth were at home and Daniel Farke’s side effectively lost a day of recovery anyway given they had to travel back from South Wales.

That said, Plymouth were in a considerably more intense game last night than Leeds were on Tuesday, and will be left reeling after conceding a 96th minute equaliser. Leeds, meanwhile, had the game won by half-time.

Argyle will also be without Darko Gyabi and potentially Adam Forshaw, and so Leeds will be hoping to take advantage of any sort of hangover from their game with Coventry