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Perhaps the interview was delayed with this in mind? With a bit of discussion around the structure going forward. I trust he'd have been aware of it before joining the club...

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It was reported that Saudi got directly involved in the hiring of Mitchell, wasn't it? Brings up interesting questions around the timing of Staveley going because presumably he will assume some of the responsibilities she and Mehrdad had.

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This might have been announced early as a cushion to the blow of Mandy leaving. The club evidencing to supporters that everything is going according to plan. Would explain why Mitch hasn't given an interview yet

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Does make me wonder if this was a factor in Freedman getting cold feet about the job. Which would be understandable, even if everything is fine and going to plan.

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  On 10/07/2024 at 18:19, Bunk Moreland said:

It was reported that Saudi got directly involved in the hiring of Mitchell, wasn't it? Brings up interesting questions around the timing of Staveley going because presumably he will assume some of the responsibilities she and Mehrdad had.

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Aren’t they directly involved in everything? Everything has to be signed off by them.

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  On 10/07/2024 at 19:27, SUPERTOON said:

Aren’t they directly involved in everything? Everything has to be signed off by them.

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I meant Mandy and Mehrdad were responsible for the day-to-day aspects of running the club up to and including negotiating transfers, hiring key personnel and managing our PSR obligations - whereas the PIF involvement was more around setting budgets, providing corporate oversight etc. I get the impression Saudi might want to be more involved in those aspects of running the club now, or at least have their own people (like Mitchell) doing so.

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Great to be making progress in this area. For anyone else who was unsure, I'm assuming this description of the role I found on Google is accurate:

 

"The performance director is the person inside a club or a federation in charge of overseeing the different performance departments of the club such as sports science, medical, nutrition, S&C or analytics, in order to ensure the players' optimal fitness and performance on the game day"

 

Sounds like exactly what we need. Assume he'll be spending time shoring up these functions within the club.

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