United bolster their recruitment backroom staff

[sglowrider]

I washed my hands of ever seeing proper recruitment for this club a long time ago

Tbf Fergie allowed the scouting and recruitment department to get so dysfunctional and very bloated. The titles given out to so many individuals were amazing. It was basically overlapping or redundant responsibilities. Must have been a nightmare.

That got worse with every different subsequent manager esp LVG coming in and adding their own people. Then Jose and Ole eventually didn't trust them and had their own people to scout.

The org chart needs to be streamlined and rationalised.

 

[hobbers]

Ah yes, the famed Blackburn Rovers recruitment department.

 

[Abraxas]

A thread on an analyst. Really? What next, the new chef in the canteen, the new cleaner around Carrington?

It doesn't matter what club was at. It's a technical application. Different data pool, fancier laptop.

 

[roseguy64]

You people are weird. You'll not remember this guy's name in a week or what he does.

 

[Rajiztar]

I understand the logic. ETH will be on a learning curve (in learning about the league and the set of players he has on hand) so he needs to make baby steps in his spending too.

But sometimes low costs don't mean low risk since the returns are riskier.

Not an easy decision strategically speaking for Arnold.

Probably the targets ETH wanted unattainable in my opinion. May be players need to see how United evolved for this season.

ETH still a rookie compared to top managers all things considered. So players might have reservations to join United this season.

Meanwhile United board see this as opportunity to straight the transfer board and give them time to hit big in transfer window with specific data driven targets to bring them in.

But team needed new blood,so low risk signings in this window to give depth in much needed area for ETH to work with may not be a bad idea.

I don't think United have thin purse so not spending much. They want to be sure the next big spending must be hit the ground running in individually as well as elevate whole team performance.