The Reds and the Director of Football at the club are set to go their separate ways, but one has to wonder whether it’s the best way forward for the Merseyside club.
When Fenway Sports Group took control of Liverpool Football Club last season, they brought in their own model and style of management. One of position they introduced to Liverpool football club was that of the Director of Football.
His task was, among other things, to shortlist and pursue players that matched the owner’s new transfer philosophy. However, it seems that both the club and Comolli have now parted ways with the latter claiming personal, or rather family, reasons being the
main motive behind the move.
Yet, from the way http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-c35214 Werner spoke about the move it seems more of a case of Mr. Comolli being asked to leave more than anything else.
Yet, as always there is always more to the story and we take a look at a few of the facts and events that have led up to the move to gain a better understanding of the situation.
First and foremost, Comolli was in-charge of targeting and signing players for the club. There was communication with Kenny Dalglish, though it always seemed that the final decision lay with Mr. Comolli.
So let us take a look at his transfers.
Under Comolli, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Craig-Bellamy-c9471.
The sale of Torres and Meireles are not to be attributed to Comolli as both players wanted to move on by their own accord.
Yet, what can be attributed to him were the purchases of all the players he brought in. Comolli was assigned to bring in young British talent to bolster the club and it seems while he did buy British, it wasn’t the right mix of players.
Andy Carroll was in red hot form for Newcastle United when Liverpool snapped him up, yet the price tag put on the player was too high and no one, not even Andy Carroll would disagree with that. In the same amount of money that Liverpool bought Carroll, the
Reds could have bought Jermaine Defoe, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Demba-Ba-c10812, all of whom have better goals to games ratios than the former Newcastle United striker.
Carroll may have been brought in on the basis of potential and that is understandable, yet the price tag paid for the potential was too high.
Other signings based on potential such as Jordan Henderson also did not pay off and the signing of experienced players such as Stuart Downing did not yield any dividends either.
Luis Suarez, Jose Enrique and Craig Bellamy have all lived up to their billing, yet they operate outside the Fenway Sports Group’s policy.
So in essence, Comolli did what he was asked to do, yet he brought in the wrong players in the sense that they did not settle in to the side. One could put some of the blame on the players for not performing but isn’t that the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 of the Director of Football,
to find players that fit right into the system of the club.
In the end it is a move that benefits both parties but perhaps benefits Liverpool and Kenny Dalglish a bit more.
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