Simon Wells and Jose Mayorga are in charge of recruitment from what's been reported. And they've replaced Bout and Lawlor at the top of the scouting chain. It remains to be seen how they do in their new roles, because there isn't a lot of information regards their credentials, which is normal. Their credentials can only be determined by people who work within the field in question. But it's interesting to see that we've promoted a Argentine national in a head of scouting capacity, which I'm hoping will give us a edge in the South American continent, which is a market I feel we should be tapping into more often.
If a club has top class recruiters in a scouting capacity, then a football administrator/Football director will take the credit for their good work. But if the recruitment team fail, then it will reflect badly on the football administrator/football director.
There seems to be a misconception surrounding the role of the DoF, where certain fans seem to be believe that only a select few people have some sort of special codes which unlock football at the highest level. But the reality is that, what is actually happening at these successful clubs is a very simple process which we've only put in place this year. Prior to that we've kept empowering the respective managers who were developing teams which didn't correlate to the modern day reality. And our fans blindly wanted the club to keep backing these football managers which has contributed to us falling way behind the competition.
We need football people to run the football side of the club. But we want football people who understand both the structural processes on the football side and also the changing landscape when it comes to the football that is being played in the present day.
Sorry for detailing the thread, back to discussing Enzo Fernandez.
