Manchester United wants ex-Chelsea Guru Jim Fraser Landen, who was taught by the blues last year, but only after he had built up a great reputation for spotting talent in the club academy
Manchester United is looking for former Chelsea chef Jim Fraser, who was known for his talent spotting while they expand their summer of recruitment. The coming months will be crucial if the club has to make Ruben Amorim's enchantment a success.
Fraser was on Stamford Bridge for 20 years before he was shown the door, but with his gardening leave that is coming to an end, he can now continue a new role if the equipment of Manchester would come and call.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has identified Fraser as an important recruit with the Ineos chef who would like to see the club of home -grown talent instead of just pursuing large money signs, reports the sun. The club has spent millions in the market, but many of them have not paid the expectations.
King was Chelsea's Academy Chief and enjoys a great reputation for excavating top young stars. During his time on the Cobham -based, he was able to see people like Mason Mount, Conor Gallagher, Reece James, Tammy Abraham and Marc Guehi.
United is located in the middle of cutting around 200 jobs, including the freeing of different scouts while shaking the way in the field of identifying talent. The Red Devils have a long tradition of using their academy.
Kobbie Mainoo has been the biggest recent success story and he has become a mainstay in the photo of the first team. The will of Harry Amass also had opportunities, whereby the club may have to use their academy more if their funds are limited.
The revision of United has leading figures such as director of football activities David Harrison who left his role. Earlier this season, Ashworth was shown the door after just a matter of months, in which his switch from Newcastle did not train, even though he impressed the previous track.
Ratcliffe has supervised a summer of recruitment since arriving, but a large number of those signing sessions were not successful. The will of Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs de Ligt have not had the desired effect with the club ready to post their worst Premier League finish.
Amorim has made it clear that he wants to bring in players who fit his system, not necessarily the head names. He said: “I want to concentrate on our strengths and try to use our club to take with you [in] One or two players, big players. When I say big players, it's not players of Real Madrid, they are big players in the way I see the game. “