Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has admitted that he doesn’t choose the players the club needs to sign.
Ouaddou joined the Sea Robbers in a surprise move at the start of last season, and while he faced early criticism, he proved to be a good coach.
He guided Pirates to their first domestic treble in 14 years; emulating Ruud Krool who achieved that feat with the club in 2011.
Now, Pirates are renowned for making wholesale changes to their playing squad every single season, and this has continued even under Ouaddou.
The lanky mentor has admitted that the club has a scouting department with a lot of data on players and coaches that need to be recruited.
Ouaddou feels the fact that he doesn’t have a say in the transfer dealings of the club makes his job easier as a coach.
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ABDESLAM OUADDOU DOESN’T CHOOSE WHO TO BRING TO ORLANDO PIRATES
“The club is ninety years old and has an organisation on a par with the biggest European clubs, with one distinctive feature: the manager does not select the players [for transfer],” said Ouaddou to L’Équipe.
“The club has a highly developed scouting department with a lot of data. It adopts a playing philosophy and, consequently, selects players and a manager suited to that style of play.
“The players are the club’s choices, not the manager’s which makes things easier. I realised that it was much easier to get the magic to work,” added Ouaddou.
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