Incase some miss this in the “Francis Cagigao Sacked” thread.
I genuinely don't care about the scouting department. We use data to sign Mustafi and Elneny, we buy players without knowing what they are like Xhaka.
Lets not forget the players we miss. Joe Gomez, was at Charlton. How can you buy Jenkinson and miss Gomez.
Raheem Sterling at QPR. We don't even take advantage of London.
**** the scouts.
I genuinely don't care about the scouting department. We use data to sign Mustafi and Elneny, we buy players without knowing what they are like Xhaka.
Lets not forget the players we miss. Joe Gomez, was at Charlton. How can you buy Jenkinson and miss Gomez.
Raheem Sterling at QPR. We don't even take advantage of London.
**** the scouts.
The South American scouting staying intact seems like it could be Edu's influence. Not sure what he's actually done since he's been here though. Was it him, or Cagigao who recommended Martinelli?
Incase some miss this in the “Francis Cagigao Sacked” thread.
The South American scouting staying intact seems like it could be Edu's influence. Not sure what he's actually done since he's been here though. Was it him, or Cagigao who recommended Martinelli?
Lol, nevermind.The fact they're keeping the South American scouting network intact, but still fired Cagigao, who discovered Martinelli and had the connections to sign him, is very contrarian to me.
I understand all of that but Cagigao was key to signing him from all accounts.In fact I’m 95% people took credit away from Edu/Raul about Martinelli by saying he’s not a hidden gem since he had trials at United and Barcelona. Funny old game is AM.
Even more now with Brexit. They're apparently focusing on South American talents that have dual citizenships and thus can get a work permit in England (e.g. Martinelli).Given how difficult it is to sign players from South America I hope it won't become our sole point of focus. Football is universal, we should be looking to find talents from everywhere.
In fact I’m 95% people took credit away from Edu/Raul about Martinelli by saying he’s not a hidden gem since he had trials at United and Barcelona. Funny old game is AM.
I understand all of that but Cagigao was key to signing him from all accounts.
But you're right I shouldn't have said "discovered".
Good to know I'm not part of the bum squad.wasn’t on about you tbf, more the bum squad
It was only me who said it and it is correct but because I said it and people like to bully me and verbally abuse me and send me death and rape threats in PM they rather be wrong and hate me, than right and knowledgeable about football.
Keep in mind, this is contextual... Chelsea, City and the likes could be paying those fees upfront while we're amortizing and thus paying the fees over a longer period to keep the costs down on the balance sheet.