Omar Berrada to the rags | TLDR: They want to be us

[Alan Harper's Tash]

The press hysteria on this is as expected.

He signed Haaland according to the Telegraph.

He also signed Kalvin Phillps. Both are absolutely true. He’ll have signed off on the bank transfers to make them happen.

It shows that he’s not some kind of corporate football genius, just a guy decent at increasing sponsorship revenue and not the guy responsible for scouting.

 

[Keeper!]

I think it's obvious that he'll help them in a number of ways, primarily by getting their house in order with the way the football business side is ran (transfers, salaries, finance).

But it'll take years and a hell of a lot of perseverance to change their culture. I've heard it's a terrible place to work.

So in the short-term it won't make too much difference. In the long-term, and if he survives, he could be a coup.

Ultimately, he didn't select the players to buy, coach them or help us to win football matches. That's Pep/Txiki. My head would've fallen off if it was one of those two!

Things can change quickly and for the bigger clubs once momentum starts it takes some stopping.

We witnessed that under Joe Royal in the second division, he stopped the rot and two successive promotions and were were back in the PL.

The rags are a basket case but it will be put right.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

I think this is a shrewd move from them and will strengthen the rags hand. Every thing that’s wrong with them starts from the top so that sir Jim guy in my opinion has been pretty clever with this move much to my disappointment.

It is a good move from them, but to be a long term winner and the very best, you should never count on an opponents lack of ability or continuing mistakes. It comes from within. City will look to find someone even better and move forward.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Not true, the Times have already said he had no input into anything that could be construed as dodgy, they printed it so it must be true.

The Times have had another briefing from MUFC. Probably the same person who gave them the heads up on the 115 charges angle. My guess would be someone in Comms who had been tipped off by a Director at United.
None of this happens by accident. The Times are just doing their job. My take is there has been no dodgy dealing at City but that is reported as Berrada is clean instead of City are clean.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Good luck to him, he can come back anytime to pick up some of our cast-offs at inflated prices.

Every team needs at least 2 of our players to change the mindset in the dressing room, Rags will need at least four and half of our Academy to catch-up.

 

[TonyM]

He's obviously being sent on a mission to destroy them further from the inside.

Week one: phantom shit on boardroom table
Week two: piss stains on carpet of Ratcliff Office
Week three: curry in the photocopier
Etc, etc, etc

 

[halfcenturyup]

Actually, not sure he was on our Board

wonder why?
He’ll definitely be on their’s as it’s not as good

He wasn't on the Board. The Board is non-executive. He would have been on a management "board" with Soriano, Begiristain, Guardiola and others, I suppose. He has detailed operational knowledge clearly, but any management consultant can roll out a global organisation. Any management consultant did at City, btw.

And it's not having access to the knowledge that's important, it's having the capability and infrastructure to support its successful use that is the crux. That is more than one man.

No need to worry about Berrada at United for a long while, imho.

 

[Fordyboy46]

He also signed Kalvin Phillps. Both are absolutely true. He’ll have signed off on the bank transfers to make them happen.

It shows that he’s not some kind of corporate football genius, just a guy decent at increasing sponsorship revenue and not the guy responsible for scouting.

Makes you laugh doesn't it, he signed that unheard of player Erling Haaland. Absolute genius

 

[Coatigan]

Has Jim Ratcliffe bought Flamurtari FC yet?

 

[blueste41]

Just hope we've changed the computer passwords

Doesn't matter as we're easily hackable anyway apparently!