Txiki Begiristain to leave role at end of season

[Damanino]

watch us get Cunha or Eze instead of Wirtz to replace KDB. would kind of fit recent recruitment strategy. I hope Mansour will get involved and does not take this type of shit.

 

[Vester]

His recruitment at Barcelona were largely very poor as well. Massively helped by a generation of great academy products and Pep Guardiola. If you remove Pep from Txiki's career I very much doubt anyone would see him as this great DoF. If you remove Txiki from Pep's career, you still have the best manager on the planet.

To Txikis credit though, he probably were the one to take a chance on Pep when he was Barcelona B manager over the likes of Mourinho.

I think thats very harsh. Nobody does everything right, but the facts are that he has assembled a squad by many regarded as the best in the world for years, and our trophy record under him speaks for itself.
How much is on him and how much is on others anyone can speculate about, but as our Sporting Director he has obviously been a major part of it.

With that said, it's a sport. Just as he deserves credit and being celebrated when the squad he has put together wins everything, he should have his fair share of criticism when the results go completely downhill. We cant and shouldn't take away what he has achieved during his time here. But that doesnt mean we cant ask serious questions about our poor recruitment since winning the treble.

 

[citizen_maine]

watch us get Cunha or Eze instead of Wirtz to replace KDB. would kind of fit recent recruitment strategy. I hope Mansour will get involved and does not take this type of shit.

What if Wirtz doesn't want to join us?

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

watch us get Cunha or Eze instead of Wirtz to replace KDB. would kind of fit recent recruitment strategy. I hope Mansour will get involved and does not take this type of shit.

Previously we would have been pushing to sign a player like Odegaard

 

[chiswick blue]

I think thats very harsh. Nobody does everything right, but the facts are that he has assembled a squad by many regarded as the best in the world for years, and our trophy record under him speaks for itself.
How much is on him and how much is on others anyone can speculate about, but as our Sporting Director he has obviously been a major part of it.

With that said, it's a sport. Just as he deserves credit and being celebrated when the squad he has put together wins everything, he should have his fair share of criticism when the results go completely downhill. We cant and shouldn't take away what he has achieved during his time here. But that doesnt mean we cant ask serious questions about our poor recruitment since winning the treble.

Bringing in new players is one element of the DOF job and whether it's him or the club but we seem to do better when there is a release clause rather than hard negotiation. I cannot think of many occasions when we've made a stella signing for Pep where a RC hasn't been in place.

 

[Damocles]

What if Wirtz doesn't want to join us?

He's signed a new deal today