Yep, ideally I would look at someone as #1 right-back who can cover LB. LB is one of our least worries even if it could use an update. CF, RM, CM, RB and couple of backups are more important.
How it should work
1: DOF is hired
2: DOF appoints a manager which 'fits' the club strategy e.g playing style, mentality etc
3: Manager discusses player recruitment with DOF and gives him the specifications on what he's looking for
4: DOF...
It might work but there are risks. Especially if manager gets to hire people in the other roles. There is also always the issue of who has the last word? Selecting the people to the roles is crucial, they have to share a common vision and have to...
You get it backwards. Club should hire managers who play a certain style. England is an outlier where managers have signed the players. Everywhere else you have head coaches who don't sign players (they often do have input, though).
Loss is caused by amortization, not expenditure. It goes something like this:
When club buys that player two items are added to the books: a 9 million loan and a 9 million asset. So from finance point-of-view there was no loss. When club pays...
West Ham bought him next summer. We were close a deal until ManU offered 100 million for Antony which was ridiculous so obviously they sold him. And didn't want to sell another winger so close to season.