Manchester United are one of the big clubs that do not work with a director of football. That is a position in club structures that we talked about on Sunday, as there were growing reports that the board will be installing one in the near future. The talk started after a poor and chaotic transfer window in which Man United did not manage to sign necessary players and improve the squad in a more significant manner.
But then again, if we take a look at the whole club, it is quite easy to notice how massive it is. However, for such a huge club, there are several problems that point out that the club is far from an ideal position. Here, we are taking a look at those problems.
In-Club Relations
Manchester United are not really doing well in recent years regarding relations between the important people at the club, mostly the manager-Ed Woodward relations. Jose Mourinho’s press conferences this summer were mostly acts where the manager wanted to show his superior of the importance for new players to come in. The discourse between the two sides always seem to be distant. The Guardian also reported that Mourinho wanted to sign players who are more of short-term fixes, while Woodward wanted deals that would be looking more towards the future.
Whatever the case, this is not a great thing. The similar situation occurred at Chelsea and turned out to be quite toxic atmosphere. Mourinho and Woodward do not need to love each other, but their relations make it harder for club to function properly.
The Structure
The structure of the club also feels a bit archaic. Manchester United seem to be relying on the ideals that worked so well under Sir Alex Ferguson. There is no director of football in the club and that was fine during Ferguson’s era because of his unique set of skills, abilities and personality. Now, United do not have such a luxury in the dugout. The club needs to change and move towards modern ways of functioning.
After all, Manchester City completely reorganized prior to Pep Guardiola’s arrival, bringing in two men the Spanish manager knew very well. That made things easier for Guardiola and with plenty of other things being done properly, this turned out to be quite a good move.
Scouting Network
When you think of scouting network, it is not just about bringing in teenagers who are going to go far once they reach 19 or 20. This is about scouting in general. Manchester City also revolutionized their network with a set of clubs dispersed around the globe. This enabled City to have their eyes everywhere and that is pretty much how they stumbled upon Gabriel Jesus.
This is not to say United have to do the same. It is to say that Man United need to become better at finding young talented players, who will be able to make a difference soon enough, but also to implement them in the squad properly. Anthony Martial springs to mind in that regard.
Manchester United need to change the manager to another that believes in our tradition… Bring in Zidane or Giggs.. With what we have now the future is not bright
You mean like Paul pogba- rashford,lingard,mctominee,gomes,pereira one and two Mensa, I could go on and on – but your right our scouting and development need looking at after all I think we only won the under 18s league by few points from the world renowned scouts and clubs all over the world wait for it ladies and gentlemen I give you the feik Manchester United otherwise known as man city or stockport to some- ABB
I think that first of all their should be meetings to tackle any problems that there are between coach and players and than players should give their best because thats why they are paid for.The way that the coach behaves with the players should be more of a friend rather han their boss.I admire a lothow some coachesbehave when their team win or loose.It is not fiar for the supporters to see that there is digareement between the players and coach.
Mourinho shouldn’t be given contract extension.I want my team to stop playing boring, defensive minded football because of mourinho’s tactics
Man united need a change of coach so they can be playing entertaining football