Franco Baldini to come in as head of recruitment?

[C0YS]

It means exactly what it says. With an Italian DOF I'd be concerned that he'd populate the team with players more suitable for Serie A. i.e. slow as shit ladyboys with floppy gay hair.

That's rubbish. For starters you clearly don't watch serie A these days. Secondly a good DoF or scout is able to recognise what is needed for a particular team.

Roma have never been slow as shit anyway, and the current team has pace in abundence.

 

[Chezaspur]

Is there any actual evidence of this except the rantings of an opposition chairman also trying to get the bets deal for his club ?

I thought I'd ask rather than rate this old or, worse, dumb

Numerous references by our ITK friends in the Summer/Winter ITK threads

 

[parklane1]

If AVB thinks he is the man to push us on then bring him in.

 

[SugarRay]

Bring him in. If its what AVB wants then I'm all for it.

 

[JJetset]

I'm not going to endear myself for writing this without clarification but some posts in this thread are hilarious!!
I can't say the full details but Tim is highly thought of by Daniel. AVB isn't running the club he is just a coach.
Ian Broomfield wasn't sacked he left on his own accord and is still very close with Daniel.
Don't see the point of Baldini either.

 

[PrettyColors]

I'm not going to endear myself for writing this without clarification but some posts in this thread are hilarious!!
I can't say the full details but Tim is highly thought of by Daniel. AVB isn't running the club he is just a coach.
Ian Broomfield wasn't sacked he left on his own accord and is still very close with Daniel.
Don't see the point of Baldini either.

Thanks for clearing that up... Still, Tim Sherwood's role at this club is not what this story addresses. Are we after Baldini?

 

[felmani26]

I'm not going to endear myself for writing this without clarification but some posts in this thread are hilarious!!
I can't say the full details but Tim is highly thought of by Daniel. AVB isn't running the club he is just a coach.
Ian Broomfield wasn't sacked he left on his own accord and is still very close with Daniel.
Don't see the point of Baldini either.

Could you see Tim working with Baldini in some guise then?

 

[StartingPrice]

I'm not going to endear myself for writing this without clarification but some posts in this thread are hilarious!!
I can't say the full details but Tim is highly thought of by Daniel. AVB isn't running the club he is just a coach.
Ian Broomfield wasn't sacked he left on his own accord and is still very close with Daniel.
Don't see the point of Baldini either.

Sorry JJ

Not that I'm one to ascribe to the notion of AVB running the club, but I think some folk are latching onto reports that he wants a complete overhaul of the scouting system (not sure where the reports came from, exactly, but there you have it). And I think the media, in certain quarters, reporting it as though Broomfield was given the bums-rush as some kinda Redknapp-phobic frenzy at the Lane, has added credence to that notion.

 

[PrettyColors]

It means exactly what it says. With an Italian DOF I'd be concerned that he'd populate the team with players more suitable for Serie A. i.e. slow as shit ladyboys with floppy gay hair.

This is an absolutely horrible post.

I suppose you find Lamela, Osvaldo, Pjanic, Stekelenburg, and younger stars like Nico Lopez, Tachtsidis, Destro slow ladyboys?

Roma don't buy Mauris mate, they buy exciting young talent. They have excellent scouting and future talent.

 

[sbrustad]

This is an absolutely horrible post.

I suppose you find Lamela, Osvaldo, Pjanic, Stekelenburg, and younger stars like Nico Lopez, Tachtsidis, Destro slow ladyboys?

Roma don't buy Mauris mate, they buy exciting young talent. They have excellent scouting and future talent.

Well if not slow, some of them certainly have floppy gay hair, so the Otter King is certainly on to something with his post.

Case in point, Pablo Osvaldo;

He may be on to something about the whole ladyboy thing as well...

 

[Francis Gibbs]

I'm not going to endear myself for writing this without clarification but some posts in this thread are hilarious!!
I can't say the full details but Tim is highly thought of by Daniel. AVB isn't running the club he is just a coach.
Ian Broomfield wasn't sacked he left on his own accord and is still very close with Daniel.
Don't see the point of Baldini either.

agree Baldini is pointless as is every other potential DoF with regards to first team acquisitions unless Levy is actually prepared to invest in the team, not wheel and deal and turn a circa £15m profit in a window where we was supposed to be backing a new manager

 

[Adam456]

Numerous references by our ITK friends in the Summer/Winter ITK threads

I don't recall any exact ITK saying moving the goalposts at the last minute. Just haggling like an Istanbul market trader...

 

[Dan Ashcroft]

Seems to be gathering pace this morning. Again, indications that it's AVB who wants it:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...ball-to-work-alongside-Andre-Villas-Boas.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ution-continues-Spurs-technical-director.html

Tottenham Hotspur hope to appoint Franco Baldini as director of football to work alongside Andre Villas-Boas
Tottenham Hotspur are to appoint a director of football to work alongside head coach Andre Villas-Boas with Franco Baldini the outstanding candidate.

By Jason Burt11:00PM BST 22 Sep 2012

Chairman Daniel Levy is convinced that the new structure is the way ahead for the Premier League club and will be another show of faith in the new head coach.

Spurs sources have dismissed any suggestion that Villas-Boas is under pressure and are hugely impressed by the way he has gone about his job and helping re-organise the club.

On Sunday Spurs face Queens Park Rangers at home in the Premier League with Brad Friedel returning in goal, after another fine display in the 3-1 victory over Reading last weekend, to replace new signing Hugo Lloris who had featured in the 0-0 draw against Lazio in the Europa League on Thursday.

Baldini, who was Fabio Capello’s number two with England, is a strong contender for the role but Spurs will have to work hard to lure him from his present role at AS Roma.

Baldini has a good relationship with Villas-Boas — and had wanted to take him to Roma, where he is general manager — before the Portuguese was appointed by Chelsea last year.

Indeed Chelsea sources have claimed that Villas-Boas recommended the club employ Baldini as their own director of football. Instead Roman Abramovich elevated the former scout, Michael Emanalo who has overseen this summer’s £80 million spending spree.

Tim Sherwood, currently Spurs’ technical co-ordinator, and one of the few to survive the backroom staff following the sacking of Harry Redknapp as manager, has been lobbying hard to become the new director of football.

However he’s not understood to be a serious candidate given his lack of experience in the role. If he is overlooked it is understood Sherwood could consider his position.

If Spurs did manage to hire Baldini it would represent a real coup and a serious sign of intent that the club wants to become a power in European football.

Levy has been overseeing transfers, and Spurs have undergone a busier than expected summer of change during the last window, but he has also always favoured the system of a head coach working alongside a director of football.

That system was abandoned when Redknapp was employed in 2008 following the sacking of Juande Ramos and the dismissal of Damien Comolli, who was director of football, but with the arrival of Villas-Boas it is set to be reinstated.

He is wholly comfortable with the structure having worked under similar regimes with the two clubs he has coached in Portugal — Academica and Porto, where enjoyed huge success. “I have worked with one at Porto and Academina and had no issues with that and I certainly promote that,” Villas-Boas said of the possibility of appointing a director of football.

“In the end, the structure that a surrounds football club is down to the chairman. I certainly think he is looking to further evolve in terms of the structure that surrounds the club. It is not up to me to decide, it’s up to the chairman. There are discussions and talks but in the end it is a club decision.”

Spurs are already embarking on an overhaul of their recruitment policy with former chief scout Ian Broomfield and his academy scout Peter Senior both being sacked following Redknapp’s departure.

Spurs face a major challenge to finish in the top four this season, but Villas-Boas sees no reason why they cannot compete with the best teams in the Premier League and secure a place in the Champions League once again.

“Arsenal started awful at the start of last season and ended in that position. The top teams have all lost points so that shows a signal of how things are going to be,” he said.​

AVB's revolution continues with Spurs technical director
By ANDREW WARSHAW
PUBLISHED: 21:29, 22 September 2012 | UPDATED: 21:29, 22 September 2012


Andre Villas-Boas is stepping up his Tottenham revolution with the imminent arrival of a Continental-style technical director as the old Harry Redknapp regime is dismantled.

Spurs recently moved into a new £45million training ground and Villas-Boas, having already changed playing staff, is on the verge of adding a senior figure to his backroom team.

Villas-Boas worked with a technical director at Academica and Porto and is keen to apply the same strategy at Spurs where the whole modus operandi has changed in weeks. He said: 'The structures that surround the club are dependent on the chairman but I'd certainly promote. There are ongoing discussions.'​

 

[Harry_Snatch]

can't think of a more frustrating job than working with Daniel Levy on transfers.

no amount of money would get me to do it.

 

[dontcallme]

AVB to be fazed out

After only 4 Premiership games in charge Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas' role at the club is being diminished.

Spurs are close to appointing former England number 2 Franco Baldini as director of football leaving Villas-Boas with little say in regards to player acquisitions.

Villas-Boas is thought to be putting on a brave face knowing that Spurs sacked Martin Jol after hiring Damien Commolli as DOF.

This season Spurs have won only once, against bottom club Reading, and failed to win their home fixture in the Europa League and chairman Daniel Levy is not known to be a patient man when it comes to manager's failing to get results. He sacked both Hoddle and Ramos after less than 10 Premiership games into the season.

Close sources say the Spurs manager is trying to stop the appointment of the Italian DOF but Villas-Boas admitted: "Discussions are ongoing."

Source: The Dontcallme Express

 

[Bill_Oddie]

I read that as "faxed out".

Let's face it, there's nobody more obsessed with faxes than Daniel Levy. He's probably been working on a way of sending the actual players (and now manager) through the machine along with the paperwork to save precious minutes on deadline day.

If you're reading this, Daniel, I'm on to you...

 

[StartingPrice]

I read that as "faxed out".

Let's face it, there's nobody more obsessed with faxes than Daniel Levy. He's probably been working on a way of sending the actual players (and now manager) through the machine along with the paperwork to save precious minutes on deadline day.

If you're reading this, Daniel, I'm on to you...

Someone should just march into his office and say Get the fax outta here!

 

[Harry_Snatch]

AVB to be fazed out

After only 4 Premiership games in charge Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas' role at the club is being diminished.

Spurs are close to appointing former England number 2 Franco Baldini as director of football leaving Villas-Boas with little say in regards to player acquisitions.

Villas-Boas is thought to be putting on a brave face knowing that Spurs sacked Martin Jol after hiring Damien Commolli as DOF.

This season Spurs have won only once, against bottom club Reading, and failed to win their home fixture in the Europa League and chairman Daniel Levy is not known to be a patient man when it comes to manager's failing to get results. He sacked both Hoddle and Ramos after less than 10 Premiership games into the season.

Close sources say the Spurs manager is trying to stop the appointment of the Italian DOF but Villas-Boas admitted: "Discussions are ongoing."

Source: The Dontcallme Express

You should work for the sun.

 

[scat1620]

BBC reckons it's not happening now:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19698921

Franco Baldini set to reject Spurs technical director job

By Simon Austin BBC Sport
Spurs are looking for a new technical director but their preferred choice, Roma general manager Franco Baldini, is set to turn down any approach.
Chairman Daniel Levy is reviewing how the club goes about player recruitment.
Baldini, 51, speaks excellent English, has contacts throughout European football and a good relationship with boss Andre Villas-Boas.
But the former England general manager wants to complete his work at Roma, the club he rejoined in July 2011.
Villas-Boas, who was linked with the Roma manager's job last season, has confirmed he would be comfortable with the introduction of a technical director at Tottenham.
Continue reading the main story

“The chairman is looking to further evolve in terms of the structure that surrounds the club”​

Andre Villas-Boas
"I have worked with one at Porto and Academica and had no issues with that and I certainly promote that," Villas-Boas said.
"In the end the structure that surrounds the football club is down to the chairman. It is not up to me to decide, it's up to the chairman. There are discussions and talks but in the end it is a club decision.
"I certainly think he is looking to further evolve in terms of the structure that surrounds the club."
Former manager Harry Redknapp previously had responsibility for identifying signings, in consultation with Levy.
Before that, director of football Damien Comolli Comolli recommended transfer targets, as well as having overall responsibility for the club's academy, scouting and medical departments.
Comolli was dismissed in October 2008 and his role was scrapped.
Baldini was director of football at Roma from 1999 to 2005, and rejoined the Serie A club as general manager in July 2011.

 

[StartingPrice]

So, Andre, is he looking to further evolve in terms of the structure that surrounds the club then?