Champ
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He has been the chief scout/analyst for a little while longer, despite what you may have found online.Like Liverpool?
I'm pretty sure he was only an analyst back then so I doubt he was "Instrumental" in those signings at all.
I can't really speak on the other claims because I haven't heard them but Falcao at Porto was hardly some unknown quantity. And "Kane before he became a megastar" is a bit open ended no? There's no way he thought he should be signed based on his loans in the Championship so that he must have recommend after his breakthrough season. Which means he thought he wasn't a "one season wonder", not exactly ground breaking stuff considering half of the population of the country probably agreed with him.
He was good, in his role, 10 years ago. He was made chief scout in 2014 and was given a place on the recruitment committee. Since 2014 the recruitment has been a joke and he's clearly been an important part of that, although I would agree he's not entirely to blame.
He was instrumental in Vidic, I am sure you'll find an amusing anecdote from Chris Coleman if you searched hard enough online regarding his attempt at poaching him for Fulham back in 2005 (he references United 'Chief Scout' at the time, in which he means Jim Lawlor).
He was also instrumental in many of the signings from South America also (hence his knowledge on Falcao, Lozano, the Da Silva twins, Chicarito etc).