Agree with everything you say. Especially the last part.
When Manchester City's owners decided they wanted to be the best club in the world, they looked at the then best club Barcelona and decided we're going to take their CEO, Sporting Director and Coach. One by one Soriano, Txiki and Pep landed at Wastelands. We've seen the results.
They always go for the best person for the job. Whereas we go for the person best suited to making sure the owners get their rent.
Even Murtough, who I hope succeeds, is learning on the job. Never been a Sporting Director before.
It crazy when you think about it. You'd never see Google put someone in charge of software development who had no IT background. You would never see Pfizer put someone in charge of drug development who had no pharmaceutical background. So why do you see Man Utd put people in charge of football without the required background? 'Best in class' to quote Red Nev.
Then we wonder how we've spent £1 billion since Fergie and done nothing. Garbage in, Garbage out. Its simple.
When Man City's owners decided they wanted to become the best club in the world in 2008, they put Gary Cook in charge, who was part of the previous regime at the club and he had no footballing back ground. He was previously working at Nike. He made plenty of gaffes, which included inducting City legend Uwe Rosler into the 'Manchester United Hall of fame' which didn't go down well with City fans. He also insulted the Mother of Nedum Onuoha via email when she was dying of Cancer.
But even though Cook made mistakes and was rightly ridiculed in some scenarios, he turned to his former friend and colleague at Nike, Brian Marwood for help and assistance in 2009. Marwood was a ex pro footballer with a solitary England cap, who had never worked in the environment he was walking into at City. He had feck all experience in such a setup apart from being a pro footballer and being friends with Gary Cook. And it was Brian Marwood who got the ball rolling for City and hence putting in place mechanisms and structures for people who would arrive several years later.
Soriano resigned from Barcelona in 2008 after a falling out with Joan Laporta according to reports. He joined City in 2012, after the Catalan company he was chairman of went bust.
Txiki Begiristain joined City in 2012, and pre Guardiola, he loaded City with numerous duds. The below article will shed some light on that.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...man-city-txiki-begiristain-transfers-22778739