Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says it will take six months, a year or 18 months for him to get his ideal team in place to take the Red Devils forward.
The British billionaire completed a deal to buy 27.7 per cent of the Premier League club earlier this year and was given control of the football operation as part of the agreement with the Glazer family.
Ratcliffe immediately appointed Omar Berrada as the club s new CEO and has since brought in Southampton s Jason Wilcox to become technical director.
Man Utd are yet to agree compensation for Dan Ashworth
Berrada will join in the summer once his gardening leave is over, .
Newcastle s Dan Ashworth is the other main face Ratcliffe wants to appoint to his staff as he looks to make the Englishman the new sporting director at Man Utd.
Ashworth is on gardening leave while Man Utd attempt to negotiate a compensation fee, with Newcastle reportedly wanting £20m, .
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Ratcliffe, who ran the London Marathon before , pleaded for patience from Man Utd supporters over some appointments.
Ratcliffe told BBC Sport: It’s a long journey really the football because one of the biggest problems is that you get these new guys to come into the team, really capable people, but they are all on gardening leave.
So it takes you six months, a year or 18 months – it’s a real issue in football.
They can’t work for us, the fans are impatient and I have some sympathy with that.
