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by **fivecups** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:53 pm

BBC:

Liverpool have appointed Damien Comolli as their director of football strategy.

The 38-year-old Frenchman spent three years as director of football at Tottenham, where he signed the likes of Gareth Bale and Dimitar Berbatov.

He will begin work at Anfield alongside Reds owner John Henry and manager Roy Hodgson with immediate effect.

"I am delighted to be joining Liverpool and look forward to working with John and Roy," said Comolli, who also spent seven seasons as a scout at Arsenal.

"I think we all realise there is a big job ahead, but we all share the vision that John has for rebuilding the club and bringing back the success that the supporters deserve."

Hodgson, who succeeded Rafael Benitez last summer, stated: "I am looking forward to working with Damien whom I have known for many years.

"We are engaged in an exciting project here and he will bring a lot to the table. We all want to see moves to strengthen the squad and support player development over the next few years.

"John Henry and I are totally united in delivering on that ambition."

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:10 pm

fivecups wrote:BBC:

Liverpool have appointed Damien Comolli as their director of football strategy.

The 38-year-old Frenchman spent three years as director of football at Tottenham, where he signed the likes of Gareth Bale and Dimitar Berbatov.

He will begin work at Anfield alongside Reds owner John Henry and manager Roy Hodgson with immediate effect.

"I am delighted to be joining Liverpool and look forward to working with John and Roy," said Comolli, who also spent seven seasons as a scout at Arsenal.

"I think we all realise there is a big job ahead, but we all share the vision that John has for rebuilding the club and bringing back the success that the supporters deserve."

Hodgson, who succeeded Rafael Benitez last summer, stated: "I am looking forward to working with Damien whom I have known for many years.

"We are engaged in an exciting project here and he will bring a lot to the table. We all want to see moves to strengthen the squad and support player development over the next few years.

"John Henry and I are totally united in delivering on that ambition."

i already have high hopes for this guy. to be a scout for Arsenal for 7 years, he is probably damn good in finding hidden gems. hopefully he can give our current scouts some tips.

by **Red H** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:21 pm

Looks like a massive step in the right direction. Monaco, Arsenal, Tottenham, comes with a great reputation for unearthing some gems. Good foundations for the future.

by **Reg** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:22 pm

Cross fingers and good luck to the fella, these appointments are the long term future of LFC.

by **mighty mo** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:01 pm

not a good appointment........ was hit and miss at spurs..... since he left look at spurs now with arry in charge of all football affairs......txiki begiristain who was at barcelona would have been a better appointment now chelsea will pick him up when arnesen steps down.... .... alan sugar just tweeted that this comolli was useless at spurs and who the hell hired him at liverpool.....he knows his stuff about spurs

by **lakes10** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:36 pm

he was not great at spurs, hope he is better here.

by **parchpea** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:51 pm

Hiring a chimp would be better than we have at the moment and we desperately need to up our game in this area. Bale and Modric is a decent job at Spurs, both terrific footballers that would walk into our side. No one has a perfect track record but I assume this fellas is near the top in his own right looking at the sides hes worked for there and their record in recruting some fine young footballers at good prices. Over the last decade we have a shameful recruitment record with player after player coming in the door then out with little or no impact at the football club. You could probably count on on both hands lads that have come in and made a significant impact at Liverpool in the last 10 years and thats shocking when you imagine the number of footballers on the list.

by **sgs** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:49 pm

lakes10 wrote:he was not great at spurs, hope he is better here.

If he was not great at Spurs how come many of their better players were hired during his time there?

by **sgs** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:50 pm

One takeaway from this appointment is that we are moving in a direction which will inexorably lead to the replacement of Hodgson with a younger more innovative manager

by **SouthCoastShankly** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:55 pm

mighty mo wrote:not a good appointment........ was hit and miss at spurs..... since he left look at spurs now with arry in charge of all football affairs......txiki begiristain who was at barcelona would have been a better appointment now chelsea will pick him up when arnesen steps down.... .... alan sugar just tweeted that this comolli was useless at spurs and who the hell hired him at liverpool.....he knows his stuff about spurs

Yeah cos Alan Sugar was well successful with Spurs. Ask any Spurs fan what they think of Alan Sugar?

Key comments (that matter) for me on twitter -

Oliver Kay The Times -

"Damien Comolli appointment at #LFC very interesting. Signifies move away from short-termism (which includes recent Poulsen/Konchesky deals)"

Henry Winter Guardian -

"#LFC need a chief scout with global connections so there's a role for Comolli."

by **sgs** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:25 pm

lakes10 wrote:he was not great at spurs, hope he is better here.

Comolli’s signings at Spurs included the following:

Dimitar Berbatov – £10.9m from Bayer Leverkusen, Pascal Chambonda – £5.25m from Wigan. Benoit Assou-Ekottu – £3.5m from Lens, Didier Zokora – £8.2m from St Etienne, Ricardo Rocha – £3.3m from Benfica, Dorian Dervitte – undisclosed from Lille, Hossam Ghaly – £3.25m from Feyenoord, Darren Bent – £16.5m from Charlton, Kevin-Prince Boating – £5.4m from Hertha Berlin, Younes Kaboul – £8.2m from Auxerre, Gareth Bale – £10m from Southampton, Adel Taarabt – £2.7m from Lens, Danny Rose – £680,000 from Leeds, Ben Alnwick – £1m from Sunderland, Heurelho Gomes – £7.8m from PSV Eindhoven, Tom Huddlestone – £2.5m from Derby County, Aaron Lennon – £1m from Leeds United, Luka Modric – £16.5m from Dinamo Zagreb.

by **burjennio** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:04 pm

16.5m for darren bent just made me throw up in my mouth a little

by **Reg** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:06 pm

He'll also be able to assess the Reserve and Academy players... ooo errr... that'll put the cat amongst the pigeons.

by **RED BEERGOGGLES** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:29 pm

Maybe he could find us a fucking manager :laugh:

by **dawson99** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:30 pm

RED BEERGOGGLES wrote:Maybe he could find us a fucking manager

hahaha, thats brilliant, you're a funny guy. the wit, the genius... brilliant, I'm saving that post, making it into a tshirt

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