Telegraph: Manchester United reorganizes recruitment department for modernization and upgrade, former senior scouts may leave office

July 10th, the Telegraph reported that Manchester United reorganized the recruitment department and the former senior scout may leave.

Manchester United has initiated a restructuring of the recruitment department, and this adjustment may lead to the departure of the scout Simon Wells, who has played for many years. The club is entrusting sports intelligence consulting firm SportsologyGroup to find a new senior scout supervisor, which will manage the senior scout team, while recruiting new scout leaders in various regions.

This is the most significant change in Manchester United's recruitment system in a decade. After Sir Ferguson retired, the club suffered repeated setbacks in the transfer market. Sancho and Anthony, who were signing high prices, have been told that they will delay their return to the team training, and they are looking for a new owner. The owner Jim Ratcliffe publicly criticized the club's data analysis level last season.

It is reported that the newly established position will report to Manchester United's recruitment director Christopher Vivier, and the structural reform will be launched while continuing to promote player recruitment, highlighting the club's determination to change.

This reorganization may leave veteran scout Wells, a veteran who joined as an analyst in the Ferguson era, returned to the scouting department during his tenure as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and was valued by previous coaches. Manchester United regards this restructuring as a modern upgrade of the scouting network, and a change in its working model is imperative. Looking back on the heavy signings in recent years, Hoylen has struggled, Mount has been injured for a long time, Pogba left the team freely, Lukaku turned to Inter Milan, and Casemiro's condition declined sharply.

SportsologyGroup, which is headed by former Chelsea director Mike Ford, said it is committed to solving core challenges with an international network of consultants, and these change leaders have proven success experiences in the sports business community.

At the same time, former Manchester United scout director Stephen Brown has confirmed his resignation on LinkedIn. He posted a statement: "More scouts and recruiting analysts may leave Manchester United in the next few weeks. If any club is strengthening the construction of the scouting system, I can provide relevant talent recommendations regardless of domestic or international standards. The resigned staff have professional spirit of striving for excellence, with accurate assessment ability, deep market awareness and football connections, and are excellent talents with both pragmatic spirit and collaboration ability."