Man United are looking for a senior Head of Recruitment. This is how the club wants to improve the quality of this team. The person sitting in this position will head the "Red Devils" scouting department worldwide. In each area, the team also posted a search for new players to make comprehensive changes in quality.
Man United has just appointed Michael Sansoni as Director of Data Analysis. Sansoni previously held a similar position in Mercedes' F1 team, so he has a lot of experience in data analysis.
Manchester United in the coming time will focus especially on the field of scouting and analyzing data, not spreading investment in other areas that do not really create value. That is also the reason why many employees have been laid off in the past, especially in areas that do not generate much money or do not bring changes to the team's expertise.
Not only appointing the top personnel for the scouting teams, Man United is also cooperating with Sportsology. This is a consulting company in many areas of sports, especially recruitment. Sportsology is currently a partner of many sports teams in the US such as San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams (NFL, soccer); Inter Miami and FC Cincinnati (MLS, soccer).
The new Senior Recruitment Head will report periodically to Christopher Vivell, who was appointed Man United's Official Recruitment Director in February 2025, after a stint in charge with a short-term contract last summer.
Vivell was previously technical director at Chelsea and chief executive officer at RB Leipzig. This 38-year-old will be in charge of Man United's global recruitment activities, recruitment structure and youth talent training. He has reported on the work of Jason Wilcox, who was promoted from technical director to director of football after Dan Ashworth unexpectedly left the position.
In February, Man United's recruitment sector was one of the areas most threatened with layoffs. Man United declined to comment on this rumor at that time because they were in the process of being officially sacked according to current law.
This mass sacking is part of a comprehensive overhaul of the club's football structure. This is what INEOS said before, aiming to create a more streamlined, flexible and efficient system.
In April, scout manager Steve Brown left the club as part of a change in recruitment at Old Trafford, with the number of scouts dropping significantly as the second personnel cut campaign began.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said he feels the number of scouts (80 people) for Man United is too many. The number of personnel in this field has decreased compared to a few years ago when the number of recruitment personnel at some point reached 140 people (50 full-time and 90 part-time).
About 200 more people are expected to lose their jobs, following a 250-man cut last summer.
