Manchester United have been handed a free run to recruit Paul Mitchell - with hopeful new owners INEOS making him their No.1 target to be sporting director.
The 41-year-old has been heavily linked with replacing Julian Ward at Liverpool after he announced he was quitting his role at Ligue 1 side Monaco earlier this week. Liverpool have thrived in the transfer market during Jurgen Klopp's time in charge and help exploratory talks over Mitchell coming in and bolstering their recruitment department.
However, as first reported by the Independent, negotiations between Mitchell and Liverpool will go no further and he is now out of the running to move to Anfield.
