Manchester United chooses City's Berrada as CEO to achieve titles

Manchester United chooses City’s Berrada as CEO to achieve titles

The club is notA start date was immediately announced for Berrada. His arrival follows British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s purchase of a 25% stake in the club through his chemicals conglomerate in December, after the Glazer family sold a minority stake.

“It is our stated ambition to re-establish Manchester United as a title-winning club,” Manchester United said. Berrada joins in to help achieve that goal at the summit of English, European and world football.

Berrada is director of football operations at City Football Group, supervising 11 clubs on five continents. He previously held senior positions in the .

Manchester United, whose previous icons include David Beckham and Bobby Charlton, has lost dominance since winning its last Premier League championship title in 2013. Manchester City FC, which was taken over by Abu Dhabi investors in 2008, has won the league six times since 2013, including the last three seasons.