City considering a Director of Football type appointment?

[dembethewarrior]

We often see "knows the club" mentioned in discussions like this. Is it actually an advantage? Wouldn't it be better to have someone who knows a better run club?

Think it’s an advantage but not important. Football knowledge and contacts would top that in my list.

[Rjk]

Think it’s an advantage but not important. Football knowledge and contacts would top that in my list.

I've seen it said before that "premier League experience" used to be the most damaging phrase in football. Ensuring that the managerial jobs kept passing between the same list of old has beens.
That really seems to have changed recently though