Overview
- Multiple outlets report Midgley is expected to take the Old Trafford role after a competitive search that assessed more than ten candidates.
- He would succeed Luke Fedorenko, who has stepped away for a planned move to a football agency and is currently on gardening leave.
- Midgley previously served as UK scouting manager at Manchester City and later worked at Leeds before a three-year stint guiding Newcastle’s youth recruitment, linking him with Wilcox and Stephen Torpey.
- Coverage notes potential resistance from Newcastle, where Midgley is credited with modernising youth scouting and identifying talents such as Sam Alabi and Michael Mills.
- The move forms part of a broader 2025 reset of United’s academy structure, with a renewed focus on British-based recruitment under new leadership.