Presumably he'd recommended players to Roberto before coming here, and Roberto respected his opinion. Roberto won't know the capabilities of all footballers around the world, he wants advice before making his own decisions.Why the need for him in the first place? RDZ will know which players he likes the look of anyway. He tells the club, and if they want to take things further the recruitment team take care of it.
There is a whole team at the Albion dedicated to that very task anyway.Presumably he'd recommended players to Roberto before coming here, and Roberto respected his opinion. Roberto won't know the capabilities of all footballers around the world, he wants advice before making his own decisions.
I knowThere is a whole team at the Albion dedicated to that very task anyway.
Why the need for him in the first place? RDZ will know which players he likes the look of anyway. He tells the club, and if they want to take things further the recruitment team take care of it.
I wonder whether Roberto takes much active involvement in recruitment at all. He comes across as a coach first, working with what he has. Like others have said, we already have a recruitment team so I'd imagine he's happy to work with them suggesting the sort of player he would like to have (rather than act like prima donnas, like Jose, who are always moaning about recruitment and, one suspects, demanding we sign players X and Y)Presumably he'd recommended players to Roberto before coming here, and Roberto respected his opinion. Roberto won't know the capabilities of all footballers around the world, he wants advice before making his own decisions.
I wonder whether Roberto takes much active involvement in recruitment at all. He comes across as a coach first, working with what he has. Like others have said, we already have a recruitment team so I'd imagine he's happy to work with them suggesting the sort of player he would like to have (rather than act like prima donnas, like Jose, who are always moaning about recruitment and, one suspects, demanding we sign players X and Y)
They player he'd previously managed at another club?Our pursuit of Matviyenko was supposedly driven by RDZ.