If BR doesn't have a say, why is he still at the club? Afterall, it was made perfectly clear that he would only take the job if there was no DoF and he had control of transfers.
Sure, he may not of heard of/known much about Assaidi but isn't it the job of scouts to find players? A club being run where a manager does not have a say in transfer is a club in an shambles
BR has the biggest influence but he doesn't have exclusive veto power. its complicated.
The whole setup is to ensure that one person alone isn't identifying and buying all the players as this, statistically, has a much higer chance of producing poor signings and wasted money.
FSG last Summer were VERY keen to install a Committee approach to ensure every new signing would have the backing of at LEAST 2 or 3, maybe more, of key staff they trust at the Club. The transfer Committee is made up of BR, the Stats & Analysis Guy, Barry Hunter, and Dave Fallows. There may one other but there the only ones we know for certain. Its unclear how much, if any, sway Ayre has, or if he simply goes after the players when they have passed through the Committee.
Players are identified, scouting intensely and a dossier/presentation is put together for each target that the Committee decides to go after. They have 2/3 for each position needed in order of preference. A max transfer fee and max financial package for the player targetted are decided by the committee and then all the info is sent to FSG who will make a final decision on whether they will sign the deals off if we get them within the financial parameters set.
The majority of all this work is done during the season so as transfer windows are left solely for negotiating and signing the identified players. In the case of Sturridge it went so smoothly it was just a case of sending the FA/FIFA the paperwork as soon as the Jan window was open officially. This is why for the first time in years with summer windows, were already making good progress with our Summer business.
Brendan has as much say, maybe a more, than anyone else involved in recruitment. he just doesn't have 100% say and veto power. If he was to protest against a proposed signing enough he could probably stop it happening, but this didn't stop Assaidi, and even rumours (off different person so dunno how true) that Sahin wasn't a Brendan signing either.
However, if, like with the Ashley Williams/Vorm example, he is the only person on the committee who thinks that this player, at the price quoted to us, is a deal we should do, its highly unlikely that said deal would happen (think Dempsey last Summer were he was overruled on value).
As he could hardly put up a strong argument against the principle in the wake of those 2 donkey signings.
What's "bout time", arsewipe?