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#1 Ed Woodward urged to sign a World Class Sporting Director

Ed Woodward has been urged to sign a World Class Sporting Director

According to Andy Mitter, the Editor of the Manchester United club fanzine United We Stand, the Red Devils need a World Class Sporting Director to turn their fortunes around. United have been looking to make a few changes in the club hierarchy and the appointment of a Sporting Director was seen as a step in the right direction.

Sir Alex Ferguson had recommended Steve Walsh for the role, but Ed Woodward reportedly wants a former United footballer in the position. Mitten, though, believes that United need a champion Sporting Director immediately

It has to be an excellent sporting director - someone who knows how to do that job better than anyone else, a top-five person in the world.

These people tend to speak five languages. They tend to be football obsessives. They tend to know that there is a brilliant left-back at Palermo and know his agent and know a club has already been onto him. They have got a rich depth of knowledge.

There are a lot of talented people at Manchester United on the recruitment side. There are a lot of people with world-class CVs but the end result is that players are coming in and it is not gelling.

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