Broomfield, Mitchell, Baldini, too many cooks?
The tenure of Franco Baldini seems to be slowly drawing to a close and if he is still around in January it looks like being his last window at Tottenham.
Tottenham have raided Southampton again for their Head of Recruitment, Paul Mitchell, who it was revealed, sought assurances that he wouldn't be working under Franco Baldini for very long. The two basically do the same job and Mitchell's arrival to my mind makes Baldini's role untenable.
It appears that there is going to be a hand over period, the January transfer window, so who exactly will be responsible for any signings we make? Surely Mitchell won't want any Baldini signings and if Baldini is going to sign Mitchell's suggestions, why is he there?
Mitchell is 33 and a former Wigan Athletic player who was sent out on loan to Halifax Town, Swindon Town and MK Dons before signing for them. The club, whose stadium we look as though we are going to be sharing, also loaned him out to Wrexham and Barnet but he suffered a broken leg that ended his career aged 27.
They appointed him as 'Community Ambassador' with the clubs Sport and Education trust in 2007 and when Karl Robinson was appointed in 2010 he became Head of Recruitment for the newly formed department. In 2012 he moved to Southampton as Head of Recruitment and now he is getting another salary increase to join Tottenham. Like all our players he is stepping up to a club with more money and thus greater expectations than he has encountered before. He should therefore understand the requirements a player needs to take that step as well.
I've written several times that when a manager and coaching staff sign for a new club they should take any director of football or technical director, or head of recruitment, depending upon what each club calls the role, with them, as they are all on the same page as it were. Of course there is an argument to say if a manager has failed it's down to the individual who recruited the players, but where they have been successful as a team keeping them together makes sense. Pochettino, his coaching staff and Mitchell are being reunited so it's an approach we are trying.
We have a group of players whose mentality is wrong yet we still have the individual who signed them signing more players. Unless he has been told to specifically look at their mentality how are his purchases going to be any better than they have been already?
Jay Rodriguez is one target but with Paul Mitchell now handing in his resignation to Southampton surely he will be dealing with the potential transfer of the injured striker.
There is talk of a new structure and Mitchell being responsible for identifying new talent and for assessing the current squad. Where does that leave chief scout Ian Broomfield who recently returned to the club, is he now to be working under Mitchell and not Baldini? It all seems like having an additional management layer that isn't required.
Is Baldini simply now a negotiator for purchases and sales with recruitment taken totally out of his hands or are we just adding another voice to a recruitment committee. You would assume this is an appointment Pochettino has insisted upon being unhappy with what he has so far. Tottenham signed six players during the summer and none commands a regular first-team place.
I have long said we need to assess players better before we sign them and that assessing their mentality is a crucial role in the process, will Broomfield and Mitchell form a team able to do this? I hope so.
Tottenham have raided Southampton again for their Head of Recruitment, Paul Mitchell, who it was revealed, sought assurances that he wouldn't be working under Franco Baldini for very long. The two basically do the same job and Mitchell's arrival to my mind makes Baldini's role untenable.
It appears that there is going to be a hand over period, the January transfer window, so who exactly will be responsible for any signings we make? Surely Mitchell won't want any Baldini signings and if Baldini is going to sign Mitchell's suggestions, why is he there?
Mitchell is 33 and a former Wigan Athletic player who was sent out on loan to Halifax Town, Swindon Town and MK Dons before signing for them. The club, whose stadium we look as though we are going to be sharing, also loaned him out to Wrexham and Barnet but he suffered a broken leg that ended his career aged 27.
They appointed him as 'Community Ambassador' with the clubs Sport and Education trust in 2007 and when Karl Robinson was appointed in 2010 he became Head of Recruitment for the newly formed department. In 2012 he moved to Southampton as Head of Recruitment and now he is getting another salary increase to join Tottenham. Like all our players he is stepping up to a club with more money and thus greater expectations than he has encountered before. He should therefore understand the requirements a player needs to take that step as well.
I've written several times that when a manager and coaching staff sign for a new club they should take any director of football or technical director, or head of recruitment, depending upon what each club calls the role, with them, as they are all on the same page as it were. Of course there is an argument to say if a manager has failed it's down to the individual who recruited the players, but where they have been successful as a team keeping them together makes sense. Pochettino, his coaching staff and Mitchell are being reunited so it's an approach we are trying.
We have a group of players whose mentality is wrong yet we still have the individual who signed them signing more players. Unless he has been told to specifically look at their mentality how are his purchases going to be any better than they have been already?
Jay Rodriguez is one target but with Paul Mitchell now handing in his resignation to Southampton surely he will be dealing with the potential transfer of the injured striker.
There is talk of a new structure and Mitchell being responsible for identifying new talent and for assessing the current squad. Where does that leave chief scout Ian Broomfield who recently returned to the club, is he now to be working under Mitchell and not Baldini? It all seems like having an additional management layer that isn't required.
Is Baldini simply now a negotiator for purchases and sales with recruitment taken totally out of his hands or are we just adding another voice to a recruitment committee. You would assume this is an appointment Pochettino has insisted upon being unhappy with what he has so far. Tottenham signed six players during the summer and none commands a regular first-team place.
I have long said we need to assess players better before we sign them and that assessing their mentality is a crucial role in the process, will Broomfield and Mitchell form a team able to do this? I hope so.
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