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Ward is quality. He is another of Edwards' proteges - very analytical and data-oriented. Like Edwards, Ward remains in the background. He does not give media interviews or make proclamations about the difficulties of his job or the great things he has done. Doesn't have a social media account or profile. He has deep connections in Portugal. He was the brains behind the Diaz and MacAllister transfer. According to rumors, he was also vehemently against Nunez and preferred Goncalo Ramos. I would be surprised if he moved, though. Edwards' proteges tend to remain loyal to Edwards, and Edwards is loyal to FSG. But if you land him, it will be one hell of a catch—better than Monchi, Berta, Mitchell, or other glamorous DOFs who can't quite keep their mouth out of the media. The one negative thing is that Ward is very process-oriented, and if he feels that he is overruled one too many times, he tends to walk away. Which is what happened at LFC, according to most insiders? But when he was overruled for the contract extensions and Nunez signing, he decided he was not needed and stepped down. There was no fight or bad mouthing in the media. More of "If you don't trust my process, I am not needed". From 2016-2021, our transfer decisions were taken as a collective between Mike Gordon (CEO), Edwards, and Klopp, who were the three pillars with much respect for each other. Gordon was the tiebreaker if there were disagreements between Klopp and Edwards. After some time, Gordon took a back seat, which led to Klopp having more influence. When it was Ward versus Klopp, there was no contest. So you will definitely need a strong CEO to act as a tiebreaker.

Chelsea’s scouting team: Select all - Scout/Short list

While Jacobs isn't a great source, he basically hangs out the back of Big Todd, so this will likely be accurate.

I tell you what. Absolutely sound. Not a ‘typical footballer’ at all. Seemed genuinely interested, asking about our bets, football, where you from etc.

It was certainly the most toxic fixture after the mackems

He’s doing a lot of heavy lifting for Liverpool as well

In terms of injuries but in the December of 23-24 we were comfortably in the top 6 from memory

Always

He was legit the best source of exclusives to begin with. Now he's clearly just on the payroll of City/Madrid/Chelsea and others

Are you doom and gloom all the time in real life too?

After the November international break is the following month: City (h) Champions League Everton (a) Spurs (h) Burnley (h) Champions League Sunderland (a) League Cup (possibly) Chelsea (h) Lots of home games thankfully, but that's when the wheels came off last time.

What have Wolves done to be a Cat C option?! Mackems C

Assuming no new outfield players of note? Who assumes that?

God I hate Romano. He’s just a total proxy to tap players up. Scumbag.

Yeah, top 7 is the more realistic target assuming no new outfield players of note. Alternatively we bin off the domestic cups.

I always stick to head to heads rather than month to month. So we’ve only got to improve on getting beat 4-1 off Villa and we’ve made improvements 3-3 against Liverpool to better or match, possibly if ideally a late KO. Leeds replacing Leicester City so a 0-3 win might be a tough ask.

At this point, isn't it more of a shock if you're not on Chelsea's shortlist?

Gotta make up that shortfall somehow.

He's no longstaff though

Yeah been linked before. Fell off a cliff from Jan onwards. Celtic fans would be happy to sell him

Chelsea interested in everyone shocker.

Very surprised Leeds aren't category A to be honest. Would have put Spurs and Newcastle in B. They've just fired Wolves and Sunderland into Cat C to justify the tier. Two teams out of nineteen are Cat C. 50% increase on most ticket prices as well.