Tottenham face multiple challenges in their new sporting director search. What is their strategy? [Jack Pitt-Brooke]

by onlyhalfpepper

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  1. onlyhalfpepper on

    Reemphasizing the reality that it will be two co-sporting directors:

    “The club want someone else alongside him to return to the twin-director model from earlier in the season.”

    “The rough idea for the job is to find someone who is used to working within a structure, not necessarily as the sole football decision-maker, but perhaps more like a No 2 in a system, arguably more akin to a technical director. The role would involve working with the players and the head coach, along with agent networking and transfer negotiations. The pitch is that this is a job to work alongside Lange, rather than replacing him.

    With an executive search company leading the process at this stage, discussions with potential candidates can take place in the background before the club itself gets formally involved. Ultimately it is too early to say who will be on the long-list.”

  2. I can’t think that any sporting director at a good club would be interested in the spurs job

  3. justxforxthis on

    I simply do not understand how or why they so highly value the little that Lange offers. As an academy director he might be great but as a sporting director he clearly struggles. Why sacrifice bringing in the best possible sporting director candidates to keep this man around?