The Manchester United Thread

It is understood that internationally renowned organisational consulting giants, Korn Ferry, have been enlisted to lead an aggressive headhunting process at #mufc designed to identify and recruit "best in class" talent #mulive [@TelegraphDucker]

As part of the review Korn Ferry have been enlisted to lead, existing employees at #mufc are finding themselves subjected to thorough interviews by their specialist consultants as they seek to establish where new skills and change are needed. [@TelegraphDucker]


John Murtough has been in the #mufc dressing room to challenge the players over "unacceptable" standards when others would not this season #mulive [@TelegraphDucker]

Source close to John Murtough: "He doesn’t want to be sat there in a few years thinking about the things he should have done and didn’t." #mulive [@TelegraphDucker]

The arrival of a deputy football director at #mufc is expected to free up around two-thirds of John Murtough’s week and allow him to narrow his focus on the first-team and recruitment #mulive [@TelegraphDucker]

Sources say far more checks and balances have been done by #mufc in the past 12 months than previously, and claim the club have walked away from at least four targets in that period after deeper research on their background raised red flags #mulive [@TelegraphDucker]

Richard Arnold was thought to be reticent at first about the chief executive role but is now said to be hellbent on ensuring that #mufc, first and foremost, have a 'best in class' culture across the club and wants dynamic department heads who feel empowered. [@TelegraphDucker]

Although John Murtough was appointed football director 15 months ago, and led the search for Erik ten Hag, his power base only truly began to widen once Woodward exited in January and Arnold gave him autonomy over football operations. [@TelegraphDucker]

Anticipated appointment of a head of women’s football will further lighten his load. #mufc conducted interviews with around six candidates and are prepared to recruit from other sports ahead of what they expect to be a more rapid growth in the women’s game. [@TelegraphDucker]

#mufc feel the appointment of Dominic Jordan as director of data science last October will help modernise their approach to recruitment. Murtough is looking at making additions to the recruitment team and has made it an area of sharp focus. [@TelegraphDucker]

Around £15m is being spent this summer installing new pitches and freshening up the facilities at Carrington, including the pool area and gym, following work on a new restaurant, dining area and improved catering facilities #mulive [@TelegraphDucker]
 
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Why Manchester United’s transfer policy has failed so badly since Sir Alex Ferguson left:


That seems like a hit piece, placing most of the blame on the managers having too much control. Club was almost publicly flirting with Mourinho while LVG was on the job and with Pochettino while Ole was on the job, and I'm supposed to believe managers had too much trust put into them. What about Jose never playing Mkhitarian, Donny never touching grass under Ole, or am I supposed to believe Falcao with no legs was Van Gaal's first choice? Give me a break.

The truth is Woodward is a donkey who wasn't able to lock any of the top targets and people had to go for choice D. That and constantly swapping between managers with wildly different tactical ideas who then have to start the reign with full clear out.

Fergie's transfer philosophy was hardly some super complicated voodoo magic: sign the best local players if you can and look for deals abroad, that's about it.
 
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Fergie's transfer philosophy was hardly some super complicated voodoo magic: sign the best local players if you can and look for deals abroad, that's about it.
That plus everything was siloed through fergie so the strategy was pulling towards that one direction.

In hindsight, he really should’ve setup a more modern football structure knowing him leaving would leave this huge void.
 
All this talk of good scouting and not one link with Enzo Fernandez from river plate. Brilliant DM with a freaking £18 million release clause
 
All #mufc's senior scouts report to Steve Brown. Both him and Erik ten Hag will now feed into football director John Murtough, and there will no longer be any involvement at executive level until potential deals reach closing stages #mujournal [@sistoney67]
 

Andy O’Boyle has spent the last five years as Head of Elite Performance for the Premier League, responsible for advising clubs on talent identification and recruitment, performance analysis, sports science and medicine, psychology and loan management. [@TelegraphDucker]

Andy O’Boyle’s arrival will free up around two-thirds of Murtough’s week by removing much of the day-to-day bureaucracy that at present comes across his desk and enable him to narrow his focus on the first team and the critical issue of recruitment. [@TelegraphDucker]

Andy O'Boyle is due to complete his Uefa pro coaching licence this summer and is also working towards a doctorate having already achieved a masters in sports science. Murtough wanted a multifaceted candidate comfortable working across a variety of areas. [@TelegraphDucker]
 
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Just catching up-

Something to lighten @Scouseinthehouse mood.



Shocking surprise that. 🙄

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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We should run a book on how long ten Hag lasts before the realisation that the club will be forever F under Glazer rule hits home.
 
That with the same hillarity you argued for the half arsed, amateur shitshow with Ragnick against me mate?

That is United under them in a microcosm. And until they are gone, your football club will remain mired in the mud.

I'll start the book on him leaving within 2 seasons. And the cycle starting again.
 
Wonder at what point it will be tears
Scouse still needs years of experience in comedy before that.

Jokes aside, as always no faith in the club until we see changes, not the stories of changes. If that makes sense.
 
Scouse still needs years of experience in comedy before that.

Jokes aside, as always no faith in the club until we see changes, not the stories of changes. If that makes sense.
What stories mate. We actually have a new CEO, New DOF, New DDOF, New Manger, Work has already happened at Sports Leigh, Work has already started at Carrington, Work has already started/some completed at OT. We have let go of multiple people at board/top level at the club, We now have regular board and fans meetings. That’s not talk mate that’s actual major restructuring. Now we have to see if it all comes together and we see actual results.
 
That is United under them in a microcosm. And until they are gone, your football club will remain mired in the mud.

I'll start the book on him leaving within 2 seasons. And the cycle starting again.

Sadly I’m starting to believe this mate although I do hope the decision making over the past decade or so was solely down to Ed Woodward trying to impress.
 
Sadly I’m starting to believe this mate although I do hope the decision making over the past decade or so was solely down to Ed Woodward trying to impress.
We will know soon enough. But considering that the whole world has reportedly said what your saying about Woodward or things alike then I tend to see him as the bigger issue as the Glazers in regards to footballing maters.
 
What stories mate. We actually have a new CEO, New DOF, New DDOF, New Manger, Work has already happened at Sports Leigh, Work has already started at Carrington, Work has already started/some completed at OT. We have let go of multiple people at board/top level at the club, We now have regular board and fans meetings. That’s not talk mate that’s actual major restructuring. Now we have to see if it all comes together and we see actual results.
And same owners leeching money from the club at every chance they get.
 
And same owners leeching money from the club at every chance they get.
Well that’s nothing new we know what scummy people they are and what leeches they have been. They have also spent even though not there money 😡 but you can’t say there haven’t been big significant changes since Ed left and Arnold and Murtaugh have been working together.
 
Sadly I’m starting to believe this mate although I do hope the decision making over the past decade or so was solely down to Ed Woodward trying to impress.

Given Murtogh failed spectacularly and cost you any chance of CL with the Ragnick carnage even a blind man could see was doomed to failure, its not been a very good start to that end mate to think he’s any different from Big Ed and isn’t another Glazer ‘’yes man.’

Not sure what dimwit handed Fernandes the unwarranted extension but if it was him too ……
 
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