that works if the club follows 1 style of football (like Swansea did for about 10 yrs) that way most of the players will fit any coach that the club brings in (with a DOF & club football believe the manager will coach the players he is given)
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He'll promise to be a good boy with no crossed-fingers.
Well he was at Real Madrid and Monaco, maybe he likes the city or the project, I'm sure he knows he can retire and never work again with the money he's on
Have no idea about this guy, what kind of midfielder is he?Tottenham interested in ‘great attraction’ of France – Spurs need to be looking at €50m for deal - Sport Witness
In August, L’Equipe reported that Woolwich and Tottenham Hotspur have ‘shown interest’ in Eduardo Camavinga and it was also explained two north London clubs are likely to return for him in 2020. Sport now claims the Rennes teenage sensation, who has ‘undoubtedly been one of the great attractions...
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There are more of the same, but seems they are all citing Sport, which
Future footballing god.... Much like Ndombele.
He’s a proper 6 who can play football. At 17 he’s already got one of the highest tackle rates in Europe this season. Tall, mobile, tenacious and technically very good.
I LOL'd, but what an absolute cunt....
Imagine how that would be received if a teenager did it.
Chelsea, Manchester United, Woolwich and Tottenham are all interested in Barcelona and Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho, 27, who is keen on a return to the Premier League. (Mirror)
It’s because Lille offered him a high % of every player they sell. (Which is very unusual).
I can’t see our Daniel agreeing to that sort of lark.
Working for a subtop club for top money seems equivalent to working for a top club for subtop money and with top pals Sacramento and Mourinho
(Or that's what I hope)
You fried my brain somewhat there.... Not outright, but it's sizzling a little.
He's basically worked his way into the job. Started as a manager, not so successfully it appears, ended up as head scout at RMadrid, then became DOF at Monaco when they were taking off under Ribolovlev, helped build the side that won Ligue1, then the wheels came off at Monaco when FFP and Ribolovlev's divorce kicked in, and Gerard Lopez (owner of Lille and very shrewd businessman, IT and Sports - Football and F1- investor who also manage players and image rights) lured him over to Lille with a promise of cut of profits from sales I think.
I think a lot of these DOF/Sporting Director/Recruitment specialists often work better at medium/smaller clubs in France, Germany, Spain because at bigger clubs the recruitment process is slightly different, at big clubs it's less about unearthing cheap young gems that need polishing, or seeing the possibility of re-tooling a failed talent to make them viable (and valuable) again - it's more geared toward buying for the "now" and spending bigger sums and not adding inherent value.
I know that the bigger clubs do buy hot young prospects, but invariably it's to farm them or it's more speculative. At Lille/RBL/Rennes/Lyon/BMG/Seville etc etc level it's about unearthing raw materials and then adding inherent footballing and financial value.
This is where the Monchi's, Rangnick's, Mislintat's, Campos's etc etc (many in France and Germany particularly) tend to excel I think.
https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/19/sven...-role-reveals-new-transfer-strategy-10424598/
I’ve no doubt this is the group levy wanted us to act like. But then multiple champions league qualifications occurred, we got too big for our boots and forgot what grew the club and made it (relatively) successful in the first place. A return to it should be paramount.
Do we really need a DOF levy still controls the money so having another pen pusher won't change our fortunes, unless he is the man to target potential talent for us to snap up for a cheap price and huge sell on fee later.
I wouldn't say we forgot what got us there but, I was banging on to that effect for ages... We got too big too quickly in as much as we were ahead of schedule in terms of the stadium project vs the club's growth on the pitch. A cash injection to roll the dice on winning the league was never really viable given our financial focus over the duration of the build.
The specifics of a DOF can vary, but their job isn't to "control the money" or be a "pen pusher" (whatever the latter means in real terms).
Lots to read out there on the subject if you're genuinely interested.
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