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Manchester United has launched a large -scale transformation of the player selection system. The club has attracted the consulting company Sportsology Group to find a new Scout department head, reports The Telegraph. The company is headed by former director Chelsea Mike Ford.

In addition, United is also looking for new scouts that will work in different regions to identify young talents.

The changes were initiated by the club co -owner Sir Jim Retcliff, who previously criticized the club’s scout system, calling its methods that remained in the last century.

All new employees will be subordinated to Christopher Vivella – the head of the staff selection department. Reforms are expected to lead to the departure of the current main scout of Simon Wells, who works at the club from the era of Sir Alex Ferguson.

This restructuring is part of the total club modernization course, which also covers the revision of approaches to analytics and data with data.

Nowadays, Manchester United is acknowledged that the latter transfers did not have the expected effect: Rasmus Hohylund has not yet justifies the hopes, Mason Mountain is being injured regularly, and Casemiro demonstrates a noticeable decline in form.

Earlier it became known that Manchester United signed the attacker from Gavra and immediately rented it.