kazza » Sat May 11, 2024 8:54 pm wrote:Michael Edwards - CEO of Football
Arne Slot - Head Coach
Julian Ward - Technical Director
Richard Hughes - Sporting Director
Mark Burchill - Chief Scout
Pedro Marques - Director of Football Development
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My view: FSG making a massive commitment to football talking about buying a feeder club, possibly in Portugal so a new structure based in Liverpool but a global management team:
FSG: Michael Edwards - CEO of GLOBAL Football and boss of LFC
FSG: Julian Ward - GLOBAL Technical Director and LFC
FSG: Richard Hughes - GLOBAL Sporting Director and LFC
Pedro Marques - FSG: Director of GLOBAL Football Development
Arne Slot - LFC Head Coach.
Mark Burchill - Chief Scout probably expanded to run a more european role to cover the expected new club?
In short, with a more rigorous structure, LFC now becomes part of a bigger jigsaw and the wider strategy that'll be passed to the manager to execute. That's what Jurgen couldn't handle, that they wanted to limit his influence to coaching. In corporate parlance, LFC is being institutionalised. Slot will coordinate his 'needs' on an ongoing basis and the structure will provide the solution. The days of Clough, Ferguson, Klopp etc.. are coming to an end, there's too much money involved and Man U are a perfect example of how a club run by clowns and managed by clowns wasted hundreds of millions. Edwards is a suit, so is Ward. Slot is the front man with the fans and media but in reality he'll be a small part of a much bigger machine.
But Woof - I agree mate, the lack of succession is on a par with Ferguson walking away from United which's led to 11 years so far and probably another 5 years in the wilderness. How could FSG be so blind?