Far too plausible. Don't like it.
Christopher Vivell | Appointed director of recruitment on short term deal
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
Im sure this is what Ten Hag was lacking in the beginning and i expect it will only get better from here on out.
Are you muthafluffers ready
For the new shit?
Stand up and admit
Tomorrow Ashworth’s coming
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit
Do we get it? no
Do we want it? yeah
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit
For the new shit?
Stand up and admit
Tomorrow Ashworth’s coming
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit
Do we get it? no
Do we want it? yeah
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit
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Can actually hear it being coined later in the new seasonFrom what I read they hired him and then went on to raid Brighton. So his role became a bit redundant.
Quite exciting. Seems we're finally getting competent people into the club. My expectations for this window have suitably been raised.
Why would anyone doubt Ornstein's credibility? He's the best football journalist out there and it isn't close. The amount of stories he's broken over the years is amazing.
I wonder if the short term aspect of this is that we have another Head of Recruitment lined up (Freedman?) but it isn’t the right time personally or professionally for them at the moment.
Can anyone explain the different roles / responsibilities for Berrada, Wilcox, Ashworth and Vivell?
Losing track a bit here.
Losing track a bit here.
I have no idea, couldn’t believe my eyes
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Ooooooh potentially brilliant addition.
We might not be signing footballers but we sure as shit are signing players.
We might not be signing footballers but we sure as shit are signing players.
Always horny for orny
I think Ashworth will be in charge of all the footballing staff, the connector between the board and the staff. The Technical Director's remit (Wilcox) is the footballing vision/direction of the club. There's overalp between these positions, but Ashworth is senior to Wilcox, and senior to Ashworth is Berrada who will also be charged with the commercial side of things. The new recruit Vivell is, like Wilcox, charged with player recruitment, but exclusively so.
It is, so many new roles and appointments yet we seem to wait on the Dan fella to move a pencil.
This is what I was going to say. Seems weird that he's been brought in to navigate the summer transfer window.
Why short term?
Death comes to us all
Probably because we need someone in quick as the window is open and he's available, but might not be the guy they want long term. Doesn't mean they might not keep him if he impresses them
What’s the rush? Why not wait until the actual decision makers are in before making the decision? Rather that and make a correct one than rush into a judgement before they can legally work for us and have a say.
Linked at 8.27 and confirmed at 8.29 is impressive.
See how he works with Wilcox/Ashworth first?
Wish we could do that with players
Don’t mention it
Likely to see how he performs.
Probably because they have someone lined up from another club that can't be brought to the club yet. Maybe someone like Lee Dykes from Brentford?
And let's not forget Vivell was out of work and things made sense for now until someone else takes up the role.
Its the Manchester UnitedxMarilyn Manson mash up no one asked for. Or enjoyed.
His specific skillset with setting up multi club model likely not required long term. Im also pretty sure we want Dougie Freedman
So he will have access to all our transfer targets which he can bring to another club if we have no intention of keeping in the long term
Let’s hope it’d be worth it.
Let’s hope it’d be worth it.
Absolutely!
Ok, but can we sign a player next?
There are not many footballers (worth signing) in the world that the top clubs in top leagues are not aware of.
So have we had the obligatory list of players he discovered at the Red Bull clubs yet? Has to be a few stand outs surely?
We've only ever had one banker in a football related role and that was Judge. Every other appointment outside of CEO has been someone who was in football.
Ed Woodward came from JP Morgans where he was an investment banker.
What’s happened to the heritage of this club? I’m used to a good solid few months of monitoring before anything happens. This whole getting things done quickly is crazy
They’ll be repairing the fax machines at this rate if someone doesn’t step in and stamp some sense into things.