By Steven Railston
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Manchester United are set to appoint Ameesh Manek as director of football operations. Manek currently works as the chief operating officer for Premier League club Brentford. He will join United to essentially oversee Carrington, taking responsibility for staff management, training facilities, travel, security, and infrastructure. Manek will report to the director of football, Jason Wilcox. United recently appointed Stephen Torpey from Brentford to succeed Nick Cox as head of the academy. Torpey was put on gardening leave by Brentford and finally began work at United last month. Manek joined Brentford in 2022, initially taking on the role of business operations director. He previously spent five years at Arsenal, where he became head of first-team football operations. United unveiled a £50million makeover to the main building at Carrington in August and have announced plans to bring academy facilities in line with the ‘leading standards’ they have for the first-team. Architectural firm Foster + Partners were responsible for designing the redevelopment of United’s first-team building at Carrington, which the club described as “a leading-edge, high-performance training environment designed to inspire collaboration, innovation and excellence”. Foster + Partners have also been selected to design the new Old Trafford and the stadium district. It’s undecided whether they will be responsible for designing the academy building. – Here at the Manchester Evening News, we’re dedicated to bringing you the best Manchester United coverage and analysis. Make sure you don’t miss out on the latest United news by joining our free WhatsApp group. You can get all the breaking news and best analysis sent straight to your phone by clicking here to subscribe. You can also subscribe to our free newsletter service. Click here to be sent all the day’s biggest stories. And finally, if you’d rather listen to our expert analysis then make sure to check out our Manchester is Red podcast. Our shows are available on all podcast platforms, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts , and you can also watch along on YouTube .