Aniket Rai
Manchester United are revisiting long-standing plans to appoint a new director of football at the club
A report by Daily Mail states that Manchester United are revisiting their apparently indelible plans to appoint a new director of football at the club.
The report states that the club is undertaking the move on the orders of the current club owner Joel Glazer.
Manchester United have looked far and wide in the past to appoint a director, but failed to come up with the right candidate to work alongside chief negotiator Matt Judge and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. (h/t Daily Mail)
The club feels that it has lacked the edge in the transfer window in recent times and hence want to appoint a transfer ‘guru’. (h/t Daily Mail)
With very little to show for the £1 billion they’ve spent on transfers in the last decade, the club feels its the time to have a transfer expert in the club’s management. (h/t Daily Mail)
The last league title that Manchester United won was 7 years ago, and the last time they won the Champions League was 2008.
A director of football would act as the intermediary between the board of directors and the manager and take some responsibilities off the shoulders of Ed Woodward, Matt Judge, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the transfer department. (h/t Daily Mail)
One famous example of a director of football succeeding at a club with this transfer policy is Txiki Begiristain at Manchester City. Michael Emenalo at Chelsea also oversaw some important signings at the club as the director of football.
The role is increasingly becoming common nowadays with big clubs opting to have a director of football to oversee the club’s transfer operations.
Such a move can massively benefit the Red Devils considering the club could be active in the upcoming transfer windows where Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would look to offload deadwood and bring in real quality that makes United challenge for titles again.
