According to foreign media The Athletic, following the departure of two main scouts Marcel Butt, Jim Lawler and development director Matt Judge, who is responsible for transfer negotiations, two more Manchester United executives have left in succession. They are Anne Wiley, who is the head of player care at the club and Charlie Brooks, who is the head of communications.
It is reported that Manchester United will hire Hugo Sheckert (who has served as a player care specialist for West Ham and Southampton) to conduct a comprehensive review of the quality of the first team's services, which mainly includes the environment of the first team and will also involve the transition from youth training to first team.
These include the basic elements of many teams, such as important support and assistance in helping new players sign, especially players from abroad, how to improve the strategy of buying players, and advice on how to build team culture. Hugo Schockett may also provide feedback on United's processes in terms of protection, benefits, team travel and commercial requirements for players.
Since announcing that Tenhag will take on the new manager after the end of the season, United have been actively preparing for the Dutch manager's appointment. From the scouting department, to the signing negotiation link, to the player service and other aspects of the reform, such a comprehensive and in-depth reform makes people "flattered", which also shows the determination of the club to completely rebuild.
From the moment Ferguson retired, United began to rebuild. Originally thought that relying on a deep family foundation and top attraction, Manchester United could easily recruit the top superstars in football and quickly complete the reconstruction, but it backfired. Looking back at the road to reconstruction for more than 8 years, it is full of arrogance, amateurism and impatience.
At the beginning, the Top Management of Manchester United was confident, and the glory of the Premier League era gave them enough confidence. Overconfidence becomes arrogance, they are reluctant to delegate power, but they are amateur in football and like to interfere in the manager's decisions in the course of the operation of the club, bringing the manager players they don't want. Too much interference has allowed the club's investment to do too much useless work, even negative effects. Today's internal atmosphere in Manchester United is already very unhealthy, and players are generally paid high, which in turn has created an arrogant and inflated mentality.
Today, United have taken the lead in making changes in the scouting sector and in the signing negotiations, which are the two most criticized aspects of the past few years, especially the latter. As the former CEO's right-hand man, Matt-Judge is credited with sitting on a high position based on connections. Under the leadership of Judge, Manchester United's reinforcement negotiations were inefficient, and they were wantonly toyed with by the other side, which not only took a long time, but also failed to lower the price in the end, and finally ended up with the name of "Man lift".
In addition, Manchester United also has the title of "star black hole". Many players did not perform as expected after joining the team, but their performance picked up after leaving the team. Hugo Scheckert's appointment shows that The United hierarchy is beginning to value support for players, including youngsters promoted to the first team from academies, as well as new signings from other clubs, providing them with professional services to help these players integrate into the team faster and better.
With three rounds left in the Eredivisie, Ajax is currently four points ahead of second place and has great hopes of winning the title. Around the middle of May, Tenhag could basically officially switch to the role of Manchester United manager. After that, we can feel the change that Manchester United has seen around Tenhag more deeply, and presumably every Manchester United fan is looking forward to the summer window and the new season.