Manchester United Will Appoint Football Director

DBasia.news –  Manchester United is finally ready to appoint a football director after the club’s deputy CEO, Ed Woodward is criticize

The club has considered the position, which is expected to lead the transfer activities, for more than a year but until now has failed to make serious progress after the sacking of Jose Mourinho.

Mourinho’s replacement, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been suggested that he will soon get support from the football director to lead the club’s transfer strategy and organize their talent scout network.

Mourinho is known to want to reform the club’s talent scout policy, which reaches more than 50 staff and is spread all over the world.

The Portuguese coach was also frustrated with Ed Woodward’s transfer approach.

Mourinho wanted to bring Toby Alderweireld from Tottenham at the start of last season, but the Red Devils official did not want to spend large funds for the Belgian defender because he thought the player was no better than United’s defenders at the time.

United then spent big money when buying two defenders, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Harry Maguire in the latest summer window when Solskjaer said that the defense side was a very weak area of ​​his squad with Matteo Darmian and Chris Smalling moving to Italy.

Now, Manchester United has been led by four permanent coaches since Ferguson retired and Woodward wants to carry out some plans and stability in club transfer activities.

So far no indication will fill the position of director of football, but their former players Darren Fletcher and Rio Ferdinand are the main candidates.