John Murtough is thrilled to be named Manchester United's football director.

United have appointed Murtough as football director and Darren Fletcher as technical director, the club announced today.

"This is such an exciting time for everyone at Manchester United with the first team, academy and women's team all performing strongly, and plenty of development still to come," said Murtough.

"It's a privilege to be part of that process, and an honour to lead Manchester United's football department, working alongside Ole, Casey and so many other truly outstanding staff all dedicated to delivering success to this club."

Murtough was brought to United seven years ago by David Moyes from the Premier League, where he was head of elite performance, after the two men worked together at Everton. He has overseen many of the changes of the first-team and academy structure at United as well as the formation of a women's team.

Seen as 'a fixer' who gets things done but is also open to new ideas, Murtough is already manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's main point of contact at Carrington day-to-day. He will now be the main contact for other clubs, taking some of the burden off Woodward, as well as the only man who reports directly to the United chief.