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Exciting news. That said, why do they always go with these photos where he has a constipated look on his face?
Totally misread it.
Yeah but it would cost £20m
So we’d have to pay them 20m if he terminated his contract of his own back?
Was obviously took after a loss. His face shows what he thinks of his team.
It's probably his wages + remaining time on the contract, or there's a clause in there in case he breaks it.
No one hits 100% of transfers, Sit Alex had some absolute clangers too, you need to get it right more often than not but everyone has 1 or 2 bad ones at some point
i would expect they are negotiating the compensation price, like a transfer
I like a few, I don't like a few. Don't know much about him to be honest. I trust Ashworth to know best.
Usually at the back of the boat, facing forward
Do people reckon Freedman was their first choice or was it a case of they couldn't persuade Ward
Think all those except Gallagher improves our squad to be honest.That will go down well
It's almost like they take a photo just before they are asked whether they are happy to work under Murtough
Are Palace gonna be dicks about it or let him go amicably?
I read somewhere that they have a reputation for not standing in the way of anyone wanting to leave, especially for a step up.
Is this guy coming as an alternative to Ashworth?
Getting a HOR is a tough appointment. Its basically like having prime Schmeichel and wanting to bring in a top No 2. The Glazers tried to bring Ashworth as Murtough's no 2 and that failed miserably for obvious reasons. Its rumored that INEOS first went to Mitchell and then to Ward before turning to Freedman which is fair enough considering Ward's and Mitchell's CV. Freedman is on the same boat as he's also a sporting director although of a smaller team (Liverpool > Monaco > Palace). He's certainly not my favorite for the Sporting director role (Ashworth was) but he's certainly very qualified for the HOR role.
He looks like he's doing an impression of Unai Emery
We're getting both. Ashworth's role goes beyond supervising just the men's first team recruitment (looks over men's first team, women's first team, physiotherapy, sports science, the data people etc) and he'll be Freedman's boss.
Is it Freedman or Wilcox or both?
Wonder if Berrada pushed for Ward as they apparently worked together at City,however perhaps he just wasn't interested in the role so we went to the next person on our list.
Ed Aarons has done an official article now
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...e-freedman-head-of-recruitment-crystal-palace
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...e-freedman-head-of-recruitment-crystal-palace
Thought Wilcox was a different role
I think both.
Wilcox as Technical Director and Freedman as Head of Recruitment, with Ashworth being DOF.
Kinda steering into too many cooks territory.
Wilcox as academy director maybe?
Berreda CEO
Ashworth SD
Wilcox AD ----------------------- Freedman HoR
Something like that I guessAshworth SD
Wilcox AD ----------------------- Freedman HoR
To be fair we had cooks who couldn't even boil an egg.
Ward is a former Liverpool employee who covered a role there that was higher then the one offered to him at United. Its basically like becoming Ole/Mou/Moyes/LVG becoming Liverpool's assistant manager after previously being United's manager. That's a bit humiliating isn't it?
Sounds pretty exciting to me!
Can't believe Freedman only played for Palace for 2 years 
Seemed like one of those players who was a club stalwart for years.
Seemed like one of those players who was a club stalwart for years.
Not sure about that formation, think I'd have Ashworth as striker and Berreda behind
He played for Palace for 8 years. 10 over two spells at the club.Can't believe Freedman only played for Palace for 2 years
Seemed like one of those players who was a club stalwart for years.
Christ I need new glasses
I was thinking two years couldn't possibly be right
He would likely have a non compete clause in his contract for about the same time as the gardening leave. If I leave my current job I’m not allowed to join a competitor for 6 months. Fairly standard practice.
From my guess. Director of football (Ashworth) will be in charge of all areas of football, transfer will be just one part. So basically he sets the brief for transfer /playing style, types of players , key position ins and outs, maybe provides list of targets.
Head of recruitment then has the task of making the transfers happen. So for example if we identify an 18 year old Ronaldo, head of recruitment is the guy who first pays the c visit, meets the parents, pitches the club, deals with the players club and paves the way open.
- Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to appoint a technical director and a performance director as Manchester United’s new kingpin pushes ahead with his overhaul of the club’s football operations.
- Jason Wilcox, the highly regarded Southampton sporting director who was formerly Manchester City’s academy chief, is a leading contender for one of the roles.
- Wilcox, who worked with Berrada at City, is greatly admired although United have distanced themselves from a move for the Crystal Palace sporting director Dougie Freedman
- The biggest decision Ineos and their new hires will have to make in the coming months revolves around the future of Ten Hag, whose position is in doubt.
- Reports this week suggested United’s players are increasingly doubtful the Dutchman will still be in charge next season.
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