I know its been in European football for a long time, but relatively new with most premiership clubs and often not worked.
Are we desperate for a DOF because we dont trust Woodward or the managers?
Not sure Woodward is allowing managers to sign targets they want and failing in negotiations. If this is the case, then fair enough.
If we are saying it is merely to help the manager and a long term thing, thing its a sad thing. What are our scouts for, we are one of the biggest clubs in the world, surely the scouts should be indentifying these players? If they arent they should be replaced, if the manager isnt paying attention to them and has hiw own ideas, then we have simply hired the wrong managers.
Think its an element of all but my personal opinion, which may be naive in the modern game is the manager should be allowed to fall on his sword. SHould be able to build the team he wants and football he wants and with the help of the scouts find the right players. He should have the control....I do however think we should have somebody other than Woodward doing our negotiating for in and outgoing players