I don’t think his role is just related to youngster.
I think he is also helping Ole to make decision whether which players should he sell in first team for the sake of developing youngster to first team. To ensure not wasting too much money buying players because there are youngster coming from academy who can be big part of the future of the club.
May be the main reason why we haven’t really splashing money to sign midfielder because Butt recommended it to Ole that we have Gomes, Mctominay & Garner coming in.
And obviously he will be dealing of which youngster we will buy to our academy.
Like I said, would just like to see what the role is to entail... I like the direction it appears OGS is taking things in so just curious what this
entirely new position is about. In general, I think investment in the youth is the way of the future so anything they do to improve is fine by me. I think Butt is a valuable asset in that regard so hope things don’t take a step backwards because of this move.
IMO... signing established players, as has been the norm for big teams in the past, will not work for sustained long term success. We are already seeing smaller teams refuse to sell slightly above average players for a ransom (Maguire . Zaha . Longstaff) since they don’t need to make their money that way.
Teams that start looking at developing their youth players as the primary way to fill future holes and use high dollar signings as a last resort are the ones that will have sustained success. Pick your opportunities on the top notch players (frees, expiring contracts, disgruntled at current situation and club wants rid, buy-outs) or when forced (fill a hole when the unexpected injury occurs...) but spend
extravagantly at the 16+ level (or whatever is legal).