@Regulus Arcturus Black
All due respect, but unless you can provide a shred of evidence ascertaining to the existence of this transfer committee - one that has power enough to veto a transfer target equal to that of the manager and chairman - then this is all just words.
(the following was made in a different thread but it's far more relevant here)
I often find Ed's press statements overly vague and open to interpretation as a result. Let's analyze this one for shits and giggles:
"We would never sign a player the manager wouldn't want because he wouldn't play him."
Here he states that no player will be signed by the club without prior approval from the manager. Makes sense
But we also feel the recruitment department, the football experts, should have a veto too."
Although somewhat contradictory to the previous sentence, it ties in with Jose's "
I got vetoed bro wtf" comments last summer. That said, I think Ed is referring entirely to himself as the football expert (minus plural). He vetoed the Maguire deal alone.
My opinion on the alegged existence of this transfer committee is that we don't have one. Instead, we have an 'Ed', the chairman, ruler supreme, calling all the shots from his lofty penthouse position. Beneath him with have an 'Ole', the manager, doing whatever the feck he does when he's not at the wheel. Following him, we have the scouts (whose names aren't important enough to remember) making proposals based on the current flavor of the month.
In summary: the scouts make a proposal to the manager, the manager decides if he wants him, if yes, he makes the proposal to the chairman, the chairman then decides if he wants him.
Or something.