{"id":85756,"date":"2023-09-22T15:16:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=85756"},"modified":"2023-09-22T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:16:34","slug":"man-utd-confirm-hiring-of-new-head-of-sports-medicine-just-months-after-leaving-arsenal-following-14-year-stint-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/sport\/man-utd-confirm-hiring-of-new-head-of-sports-medicine-just-months-after-leaving-arsenal-following-14-year-stint-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd confirm hiring of new head of sports medicine just months after leaving Arsenal following 14-year stint | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MANCHESTER UNITED have confirmed former\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0doctor Gary O&#x27;Driscoll will join as the head of sports medicine at the club.<\/p>\n<p>O&#x27;Driscoll spent 14 years at Arsenal before opting to leave the Emirates in the summer and has now made the switch to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dr-gary-odriscoll-club-doctor-817618709-1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/arsenal-manager-mikel-arteta-head-839524383.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The United medical department has come under scrutiny in recent months amid the club&#x27;s injury crisis. <\/p>\n<p>Nine of the 12 players absent for United&#x27;s midweek\u00a0Champions League\u00a0defeat to Bayern Munich were injury-related.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils confirmed O&#x27;Drsicoll&#x27;s arrival on their official club website.<\/p>\n<p>United say O&#x27;Driscoll, who has also worked with the Ireland rugby union team and the British and Irish Lions, grew up in Manchester and is a lifelong United fan.<\/p>\n<h2><span>READ MORE IN FOOTBALL<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HB-OFF-PLATFORM-MAN-U-RATINGS.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Man Utd fans slam \u2018genuinely criminal\u2019 player ratings for upcoming EA FC 24<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/RW-LADBROKES-BETTIG-COMP-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Get \u00a320 in free bets when you stake \u00a35 on football with Ladbrokes<\/h3>\n<p>The medical expert will be known to Arsenal fans as he appeared in their All or Nothing documentary with Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>During his time at the Gunners he was seen holding medical briefings with Mikel Arteta and his coaching staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former United doctor Steve McNally left the club midway through last season and Jim Moxon had been the club doctor in the interim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FREE BETS &#8211; 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