Sir Dave Brailsford is to scale back his involvement with Manchester United.

While Brailsford will remain on the football club board, he will concentrate his energies in his wider role as director of sport at Ineos.

Brailsford has played an integral role in the overhaul at United since Sir Jim Ratcliffe bought a minority stake in the club in December 2023.

He was a leading figure in driving through the revamping of United’s Carrington training complex, which is set to be fully completed at some point in August.

However, while his presence has attracted criticism in some quarters, Brailsford remains close to Ratcliffe and will have some involvement at United, but not at the same level.

United believe they have a solid football leadership group in place, led by chief executive Omar Berrada and also including director of recruitment Christopher Vivell, technical director Jason Wilcox and director of football negotiations Matt Hargreaves.

Former British Cycling performance director Brailsford stepped down as team principal of cycling team Ineos Grenadiers after Ratcliffe acquired his stake in United.

He had been in control of the outfit since its inception as Team Sky in 2010.