Manchester United need to be careful with their backroom staff rebuild and appoint the right man as their director of football, because if they appoint a previous player like Rio Ferdinand then they will be “in trouble”. A new analytics department is apparently in place to help improve their approach to transfers. A team of eight scouts will use data to “help identify talent” according to The Athletic. As well as their data rebuild, they have been continually linked with a move to hire a director of football. JUST IN: Liverpool player ratings vs Chelsea: Horror show from midfielder

Source: Express March 04, 2020 06:00 UTC