Panna King 869 Posted October 17, 2017 Marc Overmars set to return to Arsenal in director of football role next summer, taking over from Dick Law. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spike 2,688 Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Dick Law sounds like the type of thing you get when pure anarchy takes over and the alpha males institute a system of sexual conquest equating to political and social power. Edited October 17, 2017 by Spike 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Palace Fan 1,815 Posted October 17, 2017 Well he's highly rated from his work at Ajax but English football is a completely different kettle of fish. It will be interesting to see how he settles. On a side note I absolutely loved him as a player. Quick, skillfull, direct. Whilst Arsenal identified a great replacement in Robert Piers both Overmars and Petit did feel like a big loss to the league at the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panna King 869 Posted October 17, 2017 Overmars will be incharge of transfers, well this season he has left Ajax short, they sold a number of players, received over 80 million in transfer fees but only spent 8 million. So he will fit right in at Arsenal 😀 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,839 Posted October 17, 2017 Good player in his day but at 44 I think he will only marginally be an improvement on Danny Welbeck 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunnersauraus 654 Posted October 17, 2017 Didn't think we had a director of football. I thought wenger wouldn't allow it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunnersauraus 654 Posted October 17, 2017 1 hour ago, HoneyNUFC said: Good player in his day but at 44 I think he will only marginally be an improvement on Danny Welbeck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirBalon 2,607 Posted October 17, 2017 Finally a director for football!!! Now we're moving in the correct direction... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,839 Posted October 17, 2017 6 minutes ago, SirBalon said: Finally a director for football!!! Now we're moving in the correct direction... 90s Italy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirBalon 2,607 Posted October 17, 2017 7 minutes ago, HoneyNUFC said: 90s Italy? Holland late 60s mate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panna King 869 Posted October 17, 2017 Wenger has always been reluctant to work in conjunction with a director of football given that he is reluctant to delegate. Earlier this year, Wenger said: 'I never understand what it means, director of football. I'm manager of Arsenal and as long as I am manager, I will decide what happens on the technical front. That's it.' It therefore remains to be seen how much influence Overmars will have though he brings plenty of experience in such technical matters from five years in the role at Ajax. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirBalon 2,607 Posted October 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, VanPaddy said: Wenger has always been reluctant to work in conjunction with a director of football given that he is reluctant to delegate. Earlier this year, Wenger said: 'I never understand what it means, director of football. I'm manager of Arsenal and as long as I am manager, I will decide what happens on the technical front. That's it.' It therefore remains to be seen how much influence Overmars will have though he brings plenty of experience in such technical matters from five years in the role at Ajax. So it’s one of two things... He’s either had Overmars forced upon him because the club are just going to go ahead and bring the technical side of things into the 21st century or Overmars has come to Arsenal to get paid for doing very little (that second one is very common at Arsenal). For me, things are starting to happen and I can’t see a Dutchman coming to a club to be a slient nobody. If that’s the case, he’ll end up getting pissed off and it won’t be long before we hear about it. There’s still a long way yo go though... A director for football needs a team around him and it isn’t a job consisting of just one person. Plus the head coach shouldn’t have any say in any decision and should only be consulted for an opinion. Does anyone see Arsene Wenger accepting that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panna King 869 Posted October 18, 2017 11 hours ago, SirBalon said: So it’s one of two things... He’s either had Overmars forced upon him because the club are just going to go ahead and bring the technical side of things into the 21st century or Overmars has come to Arsenal to get paid for doing very little (that second one is very common at Arsenal). For me, things are starting to happen and I can’t see a Dutchman coming to a club to be a slient nobody. If that’s the case, he’ll end up getting pissed off and it won’t be long before we hear about it. There’s still a long way yo go though... A director for football needs a team around him and it isn’t a job consisting of just one person. Plus the head coach shouldn’t have any say in any decision and should only be consulted for an opinion. Does anyone see Arsene Wenger accepting that? It is definitely forced on him by the board, it does look like they are setting things up next year for after Wenger but it could also backfire, setting up a system that Wenger will not work with which it could piss Overmars off and he could be gone before a new manager does come in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
