John Murtough is a studious character who, for the most part, has liked operating in the shadows.
Public interviews have not been his style - you have to dig deep in the archives to find a 2019 chat with commercial partner Gulf Oil totalling 144 seconds - while photos of him in Manchester United attire didn’t surface until an unveiling image in 2021 when he became director of football.
At Burnley earlier in the season he shuffled his feet and waited patiently by the tunnel to pick the bones out of United’s 1-0 win at Turf Moor with boss Erik ten Hag.