López no, Lopezio yes. I wouldn't care if his name was John Smith if he was qualified and not a mate of Woodward.
Yep, the structure has changed. That's the main thing. Which is quite unbelievable in itself. I suppose we stop wasting time now in the market and maybe get more proactive in unearthing players before they become megastar, outside of buying Haaland of course
feck me, Woodward has very very little involvement in any football decisions. He's said as such himself, that he signs off on money is all, and allows the scouts and experts to decide on football matters.
Woodward is the CEO, he holds the power that he wants regardless of where his subordinates come from. It changes nothing for him.
He’s not doing the rebuild though that’s the point. Woodward, Judge and Murtough are just doing what they were previously doing, the academy was rebuilt before Ole walked in the door, the transfer policy and committee were all brought in under Jose against his will.
From an academy perspective Fletcher's a good choice because he knows what it took to get promoted to the first team, but in terms of communication and contacts across Europe I'd have found some space for Evra to work with them.They should have hired someone from outside the club, must be a yes man yeah
What pull does Fletcher have in world football to sell United to players ? He’s hardly known outside the UK
This club
That's the best sign they actually know what they are doing.The club truly believe that Ole is the right man to win the title.
Ole isn't going anywhere soon. More outrage to read here.
Massive success? Really?
It could well be that Ed trusts him enough now to formalize the role and restructure the hierarchy with him having less to do with the football minutiae. It would make sense for Ed as well as there is more pressure on the financial side that needs his attention with the revenues dropping as result of the pandemic.
quite - seemingly no experience in the role. maybe I should apply to be chairman
A man that spends his time licking raw chickens? Or maybe we could have hired someone who has done the job before and has proved their competence
With enough time we could force him to develop a weird scottish and scouse mixed accent.
I suppose but how many top clubs hire their DOF from other places? I genuinely don't know. I think think of the likes of Roma, Sevilla or Lille hiring the so-called proven DOFs but those aren't exactly the types of club I think of when I think about what we're trying to do here. I suppose PSG poached Leonardo from Milan but again wasn't he just a former player given a chance at this type of job at Milan? If you look at the likes of Bayern or Ajax they are always just hiring from within and keeping former players involved. But from my knowledge at least these were just former players who were given a chance at the job and allowed to develop into the role or moved on. It can certainly work out as they have shown, that's not to say it will work if you look at Abidal at Barcelona for example that didn't work out. The way I see it though, there's no DOF or Technical director that's a guaranteed success or that would fit into any given club. I think it's important to have that structure, I can't say I favored hiring a proven DOF over giving someone else a chance.
Yeah I heard it's setup so when Murtough enters the dressing room Ole has to standup and give him a report in front of the players. He can only sit down when Murtough says so as well.
you mean not heard of like Edwin van der Sar or countless guys with the same job title at other top clubs?
I don't equate doing this job to rocket science. And there is no one out there I could personally vouch for, who says some of these DoFs are not in the pocket of some agents?
Me too!
It's so ridiculous to even imagine it, but then...WoodwardSounds more like it.
Yes but the perception for years is that he has to much say in the football side of the business which he doesn't have the knowledge or skills to do, which is why the whole bringing in a director of football has been such a rallying point for many fans. The hope is that a director of football could handle the on the pitch vision for the club. this hiring's just smacked of PR stunt and Woodward having some one to blame if things go wrong. Rather than putting people in place who properly know to build a well structured successful football club. But maybe i'm being too cynical.
Yeah like Edwin Van Der Sar man who has never held the role of Director of Football ever great example to make your point.
I wonder what the reaction will be when we see this guys name on the director credits of MUTV produced video content.
so a chief exec wouldn't know what he was doing?
I hope so. the cynic in me just thinks he has put a lacky yes man in the role, and Flecther because he is loved by the fans. When in reality nothing has changed one bit and it's just a bit of a PR stunt and people have said united have to need to hire these positions for years.
I think an outside star name DOF and we are back to ripping it up and trying to build a new squad in his image. I’m sure everyone is sick of the rebuild at this stage. This is the team that brought in Bruno and has us in second. Signs are good things are settling down behind the scenes and people want to rip it up and start again?
I thought discussion was about director of football my bad didn't know we were replacing Ed Woodward.
I didn’t say anywhere that he was doing anything other than having the final say on transfers. It’s quite an important part of it though.
