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Hansern

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Has resigned from his post at French side St Etienne, and there are rumours about him joining us now. Brilliant scout and transfer expert.

If true it shows that NESV have big plans.
 
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=42566.msg1210729#msg1210729 date=1288788105]
His record at Spurs is patchy
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Is it?

Tom Huddlestone
Aaron Lennon
Jermaine Jenas
Benoit Assou-Ekotto
Dimitar Berbatov
Didier Zakora
Gareth Bale
Jonathan Woodgate
Luka Modric
Heurelho Gomes
Grzegorz Rasiak
Mido
Ricardo Rocha
Darren Bent
Giovani dos Santos
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Vedran Corluka

And a couple of those signings was Jols. Like Mido and Ghaly.

I'd say it's pretty damn good. He also scouted Eboue, Toure and Clichy for Wenger when he worked at Arsenal.
 
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=42566.msg1210729#msg1210729 date=1288788105]
His record at Spurs is patchy
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That list in the thread linked above is quite impressive. Are some of his flops not listed there?
 
Perhaps he's more suited to be a scout than Director of Football? Read previously that he's eye for talent is rated by Arsene Wenger.
 
Comolli's tenure has come under scrutiny in part because of the estimated fall in the value of some of his expensive acquisitions and some disagreements with Juande Ramos, the Tottenham head coach. Darren Bent, Younès Kaboul, Ricardo Rocha and Kevin-Prince Boateng cost a combined fee of about £32million in the past 18 months, but they are now arguably worth half that sum. This has led to questions about whether Comolli is delivering value for money.
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There are also questions over the fees paid for some players. Gilberto, a 31-year-old Brazil left back, cost £1.8million in January, when he had six months remaining on his contract at Hertha Berlin. He arrived overweight and unfit. Boateng was bought for nearly £5million last summer, also from Hertha, despite Seville, the other suitor, offering half as much. Before that, eyebrows were raised at the arrivals of Danny Murphy and Mido for a combined fee of £6.5million.

Signings are not only the responsibility of Comolli. Every member of Tottenham's management group, comprising Levy, Comolli, Ramos and John Alexander, the club secretary, are supposed to agree about a particular player. However, Jol has since complained that he did not want some of the acquisitions, while Ramos rejected eight players offered to him in January.
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Comolli, now director of football at French side St Etienne, was schooled as a talent spotter by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

They spent 12 years working together and Comolli unearthed the likes of Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Eboue and Gael Clichy.
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Bent, Kaboul and Boateng have come good though. It's all about the manager if you ask me. Comolli scouts players and idenifies them, it's then up to the manager to get the best out of the players. Redknapp has done a very good job with what was already there.

Gilberto and Rocha were very cheap back up signing to add depth. So, no real loss tbh.

I really think this would be a fantastic move for us.
 
St Etienne have done well this season so for him to quit, its either a hugh rift with the board or being 'poached'. They have some interesting players like Payet and Matuidi.

One thing that's seemingly apparent is Eduardo Macia hasn't seem to have done much as our Chief Scout.
 
The good start of AS Saint-Etienne does not stir internally. According to RMC, the club's sporting director Forez, Damien Comolli, resigned today. The current is passed over for several months now between Comolli and Bernard Caiazzo.

He confirmed on radio that he felt "more in harmony with the club management." The athletic director has chosen to take the lead, but it is rumored that a position is waiting for him at Liverpool." Two years after his arrival in Saint-Etienne, the athletic director could fly to England. Having been a scout for Arsenal and then general manager of Tottenham, he could land in Liverpool ."
 
[quote author=Hansern link=topic=42566.msg1210754#msg1210754 date=1288790924]
The good start of AS Saint-Etienne does not stir internally. According to RMC, the club's sporting director Forez, Damien Comolli, resigned today. The current is passed over for several months now between Comolli and Bernard Caiazzo.

He confirmed on radio that he felt "more in harmony with the club management." The athletic director has chosen to take the lead, but it is rumored that a position is waiting for him at Liverpool." Two years after his arrival in Saint-Etienne, the athletic director could fly to England. Having been a scout for Arsenal and then general manager of Tottenham, he could land in Liverpool ."
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Hansern, post the original in French and I'll translate it properly.
 
[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=42566.msg1210759#msg1210759 date=1288791154]
[quote author=Hansern link=topic=42566.msg1210754#msg1210754 date=1288790924]
The good start of AS Saint-Etienne does not stir internally. According to RMC, the club's sporting director Forez, Damien Comolli, resigned today. The current is passed over for several months now between Comolli and Bernard Caiazzo.

He confirmed on radio that he felt "more in harmony with the club management." The athletic director has chosen to take the lead, but it is rumored that a position is waiting for him at Liverpool." Two years after his arrival in Saint-Etienne, the athletic director could fly to England. Having been a scout for Arsenal and then general manager of Tottenham, he could land in Liverpool ."
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Hansern, post the original in French and I'll translate it properly.

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Sorry mate, I copy pasted it from another site. I'll have a look and see if they have a link to the original story.
 
danroan bbc

Damien Comolli to join Liverpool to help oversee recruitment drive
30 minutes ago via web .

Breaking - Damien Commoli to join Liverpool
 
This is getting interesting. But where does it place King Kenny? I mean, he'd been involved in watching/scouting of players. Eitherway, Macia is non-existent to me. Anyone of decent reputation is of help imo.

During his time at Spurs Comolli had some clear successes: Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Bent, Didier Zokora and Jonathan Woodgate. He also brought in Luka Modric and Vedran Corluka in the summer before he left, players of evident quality.

Then, though, there were the flops (flop is the word: check the links): Heurelho Gomes, Younes Kaboul, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Kevin-Prince Boateng. Benoit Assou-Ekotto was just not good enough. Another signing, Gareth Bale, was lightweight and went 24 games without being on a winning Spurs team. These players have something in common: they’ve turned out to be really rather good.

Bale is one of the most exciting young wide players in European football and has been on fire for Spurs. Gomes was heroic against Arsenal and has been the most improved goalkeeper in the Premier League, hoping to get to the World Cup with Brazil. Assou-Ekotto is now first-choice left-back. Kaboul was sold under Ramos and bought back by Redknapp. Pavlyuchenko has emerged as a real force in the second half of the season. And Boateng has inspired Portsmouth to the FA Cup final and will secure a big move in the summer, possibly to Sevilla. Hindsight, eh?

Alan Hutton and David Bentely have not fulfilled their potential but they still have a good market value and have both improved in the last few months. Adel Taarabt (20, on loan at QPR), Chris Gunter (20, now with Nottingham Forest) and Giovanni dos Santos (20, on loan with Galatasaray) may yet still come good. Some, though, definitely did not work: Gilberto, Ricardo Rocha and Hossam Ghaly, by example.

Perhaps most important of all was the work that Comolli did on Spurs’ academy. Taking the baton from Arnesen, the Frenchman had Spurs punching above their weight. Danny Rose, the hero of the North London derby, is one of a crop of incredibly promising talents that were brought to the club, including John Bostock, Andros Townsend, Dean Parrett, Paul-José M’Poku and Jon Obika.
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[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=42566.msg1210757#msg1210757 date=1288791095]
Sounds interesting. Who would be making appointments such as this though?
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Kenny?
 
New England Sports Ventures (NESV) and Liverpool FC are pleased to announce the appointment of Damien Comolli as Director of Football Strategy for Liverpool FC.

NESV Principal Owner John Henry said today: "Damien has a proven track-record of identifying exciting young footballing talent and we are delighted that he has agreed to join Liverpool. Working closely with Roy Hodgson and the coaching staff, I know he will make a valuable contribution to strengthening the Club and the squad as we move forward.

"Today's announcement is just the first step in creating a leadership group and structure designed to develop, enhance and implement our long-term philosophy of scouting, recruitment, player development and all of the other aspects necessary to build and sustain a club able to consistently compete at the highest level in European football.

"We intend to be bold and innovative. We will not rest until we have restored Liverpool Football Club to the greatness Liverpool fans expect."

Roy Hodgson added: "I am looking forward to working with Damien whom I have known for many years. We are engaged in an exciting project here and he will bring a lot to the table. We all want to see moves to strengthen the squad and support player development over the next few years. John Henry and I are totally united in delivering on that ambition."

Damien Comolli said:"I am delighted to be joining Liverpool and look forward to working with John and Roy. I think we all realise there is a big job ahead, but we all share the vision that John has for rebuilding the club and bringing back the success that the supporters deserve."

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/damien-comolli-joins-lfc
 
More glimpse abt the newly appointed man:

The self-confessed "footballaholic", though, has the same obsessive attention to detail as Wenger, whom he helped sign Thierry Henry and Robert Pires for Arsenal. Comolli said he does not take a day off, describing the football world as "a village" to be explored. "I've got no time" was his reasoning for lack of holiday plans.

"I have a great family because they are very supportive. When you are in professional football and you are passionate, you don't even know what time it is. Whatever it takes you do it because it's a privilege to live from your passion. I see probably three or four games per week all over Europe including our first-team games. If I'm in the office starting from Monday, travelling during the week, I like to be in the office when I get back. It's 10 or 11 long months but it's fantastic."

Comolli said his duties at Tottenham were similar to the ones at St-Etienne, where he was responsible for developing a scouting network, was in charge of negotiations with young players and their families and was involved in player transactions alongside the chairman and managing director.
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[quote author=ILD link=topic=42566.msg1210779#msg1210779 date=1288794832]
Happy with this, (I think). He can't be worse than Macia.
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Not sure he is replacing Macia D.
Director of football strategy is his position whatever the fuck that is.
 
Hodgson has apparently known everyone for 'many many years'.

What now for Alan Harper, another person Hodgson has known for many many years and who was supposedly going to be the senior talent spotter?
 
[quote author=kingjulian link=topic=42566.msg1210783#msg1210783 date=1288795081]
I do hope that they don't create a too many cooks scenario.
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I suspect if there is it will be Comolli who will be favoured.
 
[quote author=Hansern link=topic=42566.msg1210731#msg1210731 date=1288788294]
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=42566.msg1210729#msg1210729 date=1288788105]
His record at Spurs is patchy
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Is it?

Tom Huddlestone
Aaron Lennon
Jermaine Jenas
Benoit Assou-Ekotto
Dimitar Berbatov
Didier Zakora
Gareth Bale
Jonathan Woodgate
Luka Modric
Heurelho Gomes
Grzegorz Rasiak
Mido
Ricardo Rocha
Darren Bent
Giovani dos Santos
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Vedran Corluka

And a couple of those signings was Jols. Like Mido and Ghaly.

I'd say it's pretty damn good. He also scouted Eboue, Toure and Clichy for Wenger when he worked at Arsenal.
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Well, he's here now so let's hope for the best, but I agree with Ross. That IS a patchy list IMO and there were also stories that he fell out with other members of the management team when he was at Tottenham. Not sure what I think about this, not sure at all.
 
I'm actually quite shocked by this.

Not by the actual appointment; but by the fact that JOhn Henry has taken such a hands on approach on this.

The fact that both Comolli and Hodgson have mentioned Henry in relation to this appointment might suggest that this was a Henry appointment made without the say-so of Hodgson.
 
Hopefully this signals that Henry's not here to hide his cheque-book, you don't appoint a big ol' glorified director of football if you don't really have any intentions of using him to surf the transfer market..
 
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