Man Utd steal our scout....

[Postman Pat]

Manchester United have poached highly-rated scout Mark Anderson from Brighton.

Anderson will be tasked with scouring the south of England to unearth new talents for the Red Devils.

Former Liverpool scout Anderson is credited with spotting 15-year-old Raheem Sterling for the Meryseysiders from QPR.

Sterling went on to move to Manchester City for £49million and is now flourishing under Pep Guardiola at the Etihad.

"The Manchester United offer doesn't come along every day," Anderson told The Mail. "I feel that it is the next part of my development and I feel that I can make a big impact in the London area.

 

[Springal]

Very highly rated youth scout. Big loss for us.

We seem to be losing a few coaches / scouts etc around the club recently

 

[AmexRuislip]

make a big impact in the London area.

Good luck to him, stands a better chance than them up the Road!

 

[Insel affe]

Very highly rated youth scout. Big loss for us.

We seem to be losing a few coaches / scouts etc around the club recently

Unfortunately that is what happens when you are an up and coming club with a good set up, the big boys with their tv money come along and systematically dis-mantel all your hard work.

 

[The Camel]

How much do scouts get paid?

Is it a full time job, or do people just do it in their spare time for a few extra quid and getting to watch football for free?

 

[Ali_rrr]

How much do scouts get paid?

Is it a full time job, or do people just do it in their spare time for a few extra quid and getting to watch football for free?

This is a great article I remember reading from the BBC:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/24653124

It's a pittance really. Just a few extra quid. But I imagine the bigger ones get paid a lot more.

 

[seagurn]

You may also get a supply of brown evelopes if your 'arrys scout!

 

[KJP]

BIt strange this is only being reported now when he left a few weeks ago,

 

[el punal]

You may also get a supply of brown evelopes if your 'arrys scout!

. . . . . and a pack of firelighters?

 

[The Camel]

This is a great article I remember reading from the BBC:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/24653124

It's a pittance really. Just a few extra quid. But I imagine the bigger ones get paid a lot more.

That's a really interesting article, thanks.

 

[1066familyman]

How much do scouts get paid?

Is it a full time job, or do people just do it in their spare time for a few extra quid and getting to watch football for free?

The book ~The Nowhere Men ~ is well worth a read. We get quite a bit of a mention in it too.

 

[Danny-Boy]

I love the way when something or someone is moved away from the Albion it's classed as "stolen". Going back to Gareth Barry and earlier. People have the right to choose their own futures.

 

[bhanutz]

I love the way when something or someone is moved away from the Albion it's classed as "stolen". Going back to Gareth Barry and earlier. People have the right to choose their own futures.

Bore off and go watch a light show with some ultras!

 

[Postman Pat]

I love the way when something or someone is moved away from the Albion it's classed as "stolen". Going back to Gareth Barry and earlier. People have the right to choose their own futures.

They used the word poached. I appreciate you see poaching as a career, but you might want to look up the meaning. Cock.

 

[Mackenzie]

I love the way when something or someone is moved away from the Albion it's classed as "stolen". Going back to Gareth Barry and earlier. People have the right to choose their own futures.

Absolutely, Zaha playing for IC is a great example too.

 

[Rookie]

BIt strange this is only being reported now when he left a few weeks ago,

Erm
https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showt...Anderson-(Former)-Head-of-Academy-Recruitment

 

[Westdene Wonder]

Very highly rated youth scout. Big loss for us.

We seem to be losing a few coaches / scouts etc around the club recently

Would you turn down a chance of working for Man Untd?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Would you turn down a chance of working for Man Untd?

Yes

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

Yes

I smell bullshit.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I wonder- genuine question- if he really "discovered" Sterling, or whether it was more that he just happened to be the one to persuade him to join Liverpool? I mean, Sterling's progress as a youngster was hardly a secret: when he was at QPR, loads of clubs wanted him.