Quote Originally Posted by WTF11 View Post
Are we to take it that none of these positions are currently occupied?
Well, Victor Orta had used Football Analytics FC as a partner in the club's scouting recruitment.

They provided a full range of services which include a data-scouting platform called TransferLab which tracked players in over ninety competitions globally to help clubs (including Leeds) 'manage' their scouting network.

Basically a data-scouting platform for hire. As recruitment has evolved systems like Analytics FC’s TransferLab gives incredibly important information & allows to create comparisons between targets & other players in the market place, the PR blurb said at the time Orta gave them the job in 2019.

When Grétar Steinsson (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A9tar_Steinsson) was unveiled as Technical Director to work along side Farke in August 2023 Kinnear also then confirmed that they'd be seeking a 'broader-management' tree at ER.
Soon after former Celtic Chief scout Gary Penrice joined the scouting & transfer team at ER.

Southampton have since appointed former Leeds United scout Darren Mowbray as Head of Recruitment, so defo been a quiet revolving exit door at ER, scouting wise of late.

So, Orta must have taken his data-base with him leaving the 'few' club scouts he used out of work & our club translators patiently awaiting for the newly appointed scouting personnel to deliver player target dossiers to process.

As usual nowadays the 49'ers doing the biz progressively behind the scenes in a professional manner with no board-room leaks, it seems.