Quote Originally Posted by BackRowArab View Post
I don't think that Neilson/Mellon have had no say on signings, it will be a collaborative effort just as it is at any club, especially one that has a Sporting Director/Director of Finance.

Go watch that Man City documentary (I think its on Amazon Prime) and you see how it works. Pep is needing a centre half, he tells Tixi to go find him one. Tixi identifies Laporte, and does all the signing talks etc. Pep concentrates on the training field, he isn't flying all across Europe watching dozen of matches trying to find the right guy.
Im not hearing much that says that there is much collaboration on signings.

Im gonna decline the invite to watch the Man City thing, as it just doesnt interest me, but you are pointing towards something that is shown to work with results on the pitch, and our situation has people expressing serious cause for concern. The thing with the market that Man City are in, players like Laporte are not entirely unknowns to the likes of Pep and i expect he knew a fair bit about the lad before the team around Tixi did all the work to fill in the gaps.

From what i read on here alone, i think Tony has taken his role too far and has more of an eye on the future profit, rather than achieving a balance in the team to provide a good foundation to maximize that profit.