EXCLUSIVEMan 部隊d will 任命する Matt Johnson as new 長，率いる of women's football in the first big move of INEOS's department 精密検査する as 契約 会談 with Marc Skinner continue

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Manchester 部隊d are 始める，決める to 任命する Matt Johnson as their new 長，率いる of women’s football when Polly Bancroft 出発／死s at the end of the season.

Johnson is 現在／一般に director of 操作／手術s at the Manchester 部隊d 創立／基礎 and was 以前 業績／成果 director for the girls’ talent club.

It was 発表するd in February that Bancroft would leave her 役割, which she took up in October 2022, to join League Two 味方する Grimsby Town at the end of the season.

Johnson is 高度に thought of at 部隊d and Mail Sport understands that one of the main 推論する／理由s he has been given the 役割 is because of his excellent communication 技術s.

Mail Sport 以前 報告（する）／憶測d that new owners INEOS are planning an 精密検査する of the women’s department and Johnson’s 任命 will be their first big move.

Manchester 部隊d are 始める，決める to 任命する Matt Johnsons as the new 長，率いる of women's football

Johnson is 高度に regarded at 部隊d and his 任命 is thought to be the 握りこぶし big step of INEOS' 精密検査する of women's football

部隊d, who finished second last season, slipped to fifth on Saturday after a 3-1 敗北・負かす by 競争相手s Manchester City

It is also understood that the club believe he will be able to better connect the 学院 with the first team 予定 to his 広範囲にわたる experience working in 青年 football.

Johnson was 以前 technical director at Blackburn Rovers’ Girls Centre of Excellence and will 目的（とする） to 改善する the links between the U21s and 上級の players.

Mail Sport also understands that 会談 with 経営者／支配人 Marc Skinner over a new 契約 remain on-going.

Skinner’s 取引，協定 満了する／死ぬs at the end of the season and has come under 圧力 from fans 予定 to the club’s struggles on the pitch.

部隊d, who finished second last season, slipped to fifth on Saturday after a 3-1 敗北・負かす by 競争相手s Manchester City.