Why don't United just buy Ajax, and use them in a similar way to City use Girona? Ajax's market capitalisation is only €220m.
Have Van der Sar as Director of Football for the group.
Only half joking...
Man Utd set to appoint Director of Football (when hell freezes over)
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Have Van der Sar as Director of Football for the group.
Only half joking...
Looks promising. Could be our most important signing post SAF era.
We have to consider what style of play DOF want to plan for long-term identity, like what City is doing, trying to create an identity of Braca's style of play 2009-2012 and have been planning it for a long time before Pep join them. Hopefully, we can get DOF that like positive football, attacking football, promote academy players and develop young players alongside with world-class stars in the team. Van Der would be my choice given his experience at Ajax who likes to play out from the back and play attacking football, the essence of total football blended seamlessly with modern athleticism and a high-intensity press, the style of play never changed despite changing managers. Van Der Sar as DOF and Poch as coach would be a dream for me. Poch has abilities to get best out of the players, developing players, promote young players from the academy. Van Der Sar, he probably would target De Ligt and perhaps David Neres due to us not having right-wingers.
Surprising not to see the name of Lille's Luis Campos mentioned.
Not only did he discover players like Mendy, Mbappe and Martial he's also an old colleague of Mourinho's. There'd be little chance of him and Mourinho having a battle of power because they know each other, and that harmony would minimise the possibility of internal conflict. Something, I think, the club has had enough of.
I think they should be looking to recruit two people, a CEO and a Director of football. Woodward can stay as Executive President or whatever his title is but he simply is qualified to run the football side of the business and probably never will be. He has other skills and that’s what he should focus on.
Van der sar would be the prime candidate to be the new CEO as it is what he does at Ajax already. No idea who the best DOF or sporting director would be though.
However the club are going to do it they need to find a balance between doing planning and due diligence but also make sure everything is ready to go next summer.
Van der sar would be the prime candidate to be the new CEO as it is what he does at Ajax already. No idea who the best DOF or sporting director would be though.
However the club are going to do it they need to find a balance between doing planning and due diligence but also make sure everything is ready to go next summer.
He wants to retire soon aswel. He told me that himself.
Edwin is actually quite good appointment if United want to inject the football philosophy of Ajax.
He has no experience of the role though
Is he not more of a general manager than a sporting director though? As much as I like VDS I'm not convinced.
Interesting albeit poorly translated (at least that's what it appears like to me) article on Paratici here:
https://www.juventibus.com/paratici-mind-and-hand/
https://www.juventibus.com/paratici-mind-and-hand/
Sounds good but you also need a manager for that
Seems like Miguel Delaney reads the caf and has just written this based on the names thrown in this thread.
Given that he's a talentless hack with no sources it wouldn't surprise me.
He also comes of as incredibly thin-skinned on Twitter when that fact is pointed out.
It should be someone who understands the club, which is why van der Sar’s name jumps out from that article. What do the other names mentioned there really know about the club?
Him and Jackson are two of the most unreliable when it comes to transfer rumours so I don't know why anyone is believing this story.
Hmmm, should I write my name here then? Will/could do great job. Have excelent ways of persuading people to do what I want them to do!
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The clb would have to convince him that's he would have a lot of responsibility. VDS is probably the most important man at Ajax.
Looks like he posted a new article. 
Why is this even a question? Woodward is qualified to do feck all football related it's a complete embarrassment that he's been involved in football operations for so long, but then again vile blood sucking parasites own this club so nothing would surprise me.
Woodward is not the CEO at United. We don't have a CEO. We have two Executive Chairmen in Avram and Joel Glazer. Having a CEO implies that the Chairman/men are non-Executive and they don't get involved in the management of the club.
Avram and Joel are not only on the board of directors, which is the board that meets couple of times per year to agree long term strategy. They are also on the management board of the club which meets very regularly. Whether they attend or not, I don't know. The point is there is no board that Woody is heading and he is no CEO. He is Executive vice-Chairman, so every management decision he takes involves the Glazers.
http://ir.manutd.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors.aspx
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If we are having Mou for the long term here, then Campos is the best choice.
On the other hand, if we are looking to revive Fergie’s attacking style, which combined atletism, long passes, pressing and verticality, then the choice is between Van Der Saar and Becks. Luring Edwin may be easier, considering Becks is building his franchise in Miami.
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DoF is not going to dictate how we play. That is up to manager and his tactics, A DoF is in place to ensure the club has continuity especially when there is transition. What makes you think VDS and Becks are qualified to be a DoF, just cos they played for SAF?
Considering whoever you'll get as Mou's successor is likely to come from the continent, this issue doesn't exist
Your last 3 managers lasted 1, 2 and likely 3 seasons, and let's face it none ever looked likely to last long. You don't hire Mourinho to be your manager for 10 years...
Van Der Saar because he is the most important man for a successful Ajax side. Becks because the guy is creating a football club from scratch. Having played for Fergie and knowing his style is just a bonus.
A DOF don't dictate how the team plays, but creates the long term football philosophy for the club, having a say in which manager and players we hire. The last DOF who got in Mourinho’s way at Madrid, got sacked despite being a club legend.
That doesn't mean the next guy after Mourinho can't be a long-hauler. Point being if/when we do hire a DoR it would greatly reduce our chances of that possibility in my opinion, of course.
I never said he was the CEO and that he should continue in whatever his current title is. Point is he isn’t qualified to be doing the role he has been doing and shouldn’t continue to do so in relation to football decisions.
It doesn’t really matter what job title they give someone they just need to establish some kind of structure. Ajax have Van der Sar as CEO and Overmars as DOF.
Utd are a huge football club and a huge business, they need expertise in each field not a businessman/men making football decisions or vice versa.
My thoughts exactly - pure wishful thinking
Do we have any suggested names for DoF yet? Someone ITK?
I like the idea of Van der Sar actually. Club great and actually has experience in the upper ranks of a football club.
Why would Beckham even consider being a DOF when he’s the owner of a club in America??Doesnt make any sense at all...
Obviously VDS ticks a lot of boxes,but we”ll have to wait and see when the appointment takes place...Will it be halfway through this season or will it be immediately after the end of the season?
Van der Sar is not as succesful as you think.
I’d prefer someone more anonymous. Becks? That would a circus in the media, far from what we need right now.
Maybe one day. Our version would have been a Ronaldo return but Woodward probably thought he was too old.
VDS ticks a lot of boxes. Problem is that it's sort of a demotion for him. He would need a lot of convincing imo.
Usually DoF hires the manager in an image and philosophy to mirror the clubs identity so yes indirectly a DoF dictates how the team plays.
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I want Teti, just based on the fact that he kind of looks like Frankenstein's monster's slightly better made younger brother.
He is de-facto CEO though. I know that isn't his title, but the two Glazers guys are not much involved on running the club. On a company sense, they are more similar to chairmen of the board, rather than executive officers (yes, I know that technically speaking they have executive power and can overrule Ed, but they are hardly doing it).
Problem with VDS is that he has no experience with transfers. That is important for a DOF right?
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