My only concern with some of these names mentioned is that they would need to understand Manchester United just as much as the manager. Would the Atletico guy get ‘it’? I’m not sure he would in all honesty and I could see us making more weird signings.
My other concern is unclear requirement on the job. The Manager post is clear enough, just ask him how many trophy has he won, for fans and for players ego, and you would be able to screen off half of the pretenders including Moyes.
What is the job description of this Director of Football?
1. Involved in the game before, but so did ball boys.
2. Head of recruitment/scouting? OK, narrow the list.
3. Good negotiator? Easy to validate.
4. People management, can handle moody person like Mourinho and Pogba? Can be validate as well.
5. Understand the Club philosophy. Anyone who has done his homework would pass this test, problem is how much does he believe in it, and whether he will deviate from it when shit hits the fan...