article_snippet.sent: Michael Vaughan will become the most powerful man in English cricket if Michael Vaughan is confirmed as Paul Downton’s successor at the helm of the national team.
article_snippet.sent: Yet Michael Vaughan will demand almost unprecedented responsibility if Michael Vaughan is to head up the revolution that Tom Harrison and chairman-elect Colin Graves have begun with Wednesday’s sacking of Paul Downton as managing director.
article_snippet.sent: Michael Vaughan has emerged as the favourite for the newly created role of director of cricket .
article_snippet.sent: Michael Vaughan was understood to be talking to the ECB about the role on Thursday after emerging as the No1 choice .
article_snippet.sent: Michael Vaughan is one of the busiest men in cricket, earning close to £1million a year through Michael Vaughan various media roles with the BBC, Sky, Channel 5 and the Daily Telegraph and Michael Vaughan involvement with sponsors and the ISM management group.
article_snippet.sent: If Michael Vaughan is to give up all of that — and that — would be a clear conflict of interests if Michael Vaughan continues Michael Vaughan involvement in an agency that represents Stuart Broad, Joe Root and Jos Buttler —
article_snippet.sent: Vaughan and Stewart both work in the media as cricket analysts and commentators .
article_snippet.sent: The apparent moving of the goalposts, with the business side of Paul Downton’s role now disappearing, would seem to favour Vaughan over Andrew Strauss.
article_snippet.sent: Michael Vaughan is interested in the job in principle, and is close to incoming the ECB chairman Colin Graves.
article_snippet.sent: : Michael Vaughan may decide Paul Downton’s enjoying Michael Vaughan media career too much to risk entering firing line.
highlights_snippet.sent: Michael Vaughan was understood to be talking to the ECB on Thursday .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Michael Vaughan has emerged as favourite for new role of director of cricket .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Michael Vaughan will want unprecedented responsibility if Michael Vaughan is to take up role .
  