Swansea City dey close to appoint new sporting director, seven months after director of football Richard Montague don leave. Di club don dey plan to replace Montague for some time now, and dem dey at advanced stage for di recruitment process. Even though di new person go get different title, di work go similar to wetin Montague dey do before.
Meanwhile, Adam Worth, wey be global head of recruitment and analytics, don announce say e don leave di Championship club. E post am for social media say e dey pursue another opportunity after almost two years with Swansea. Worth talk say e dey leave with pride for di foundation wey dem build together and di value wey dem add to di squad. E believe say dis don set di club up for future success.
Worth first join Swansea for October 2024 as global head of analytics before dem promote am to head of recruitment for February. E dey work alongside director of football Richard Montague, and insiders dey credit am for key role for di club recruitment drive last summer. Di club talk say Worth bring plenty experience for using sports data across di world to give dem edge, and dem don see am work with di signing of Melker Widell.
Worth na lifelong Swansea City supporter wey come from BetMGM, where e dey Senior Sports Trader managing live odds division. Swansea sign 12 senior players last summer, but Montague leave less than one month after di transfer window close, together with some members of im scouting team. Since dat time, Worth dey take lead role for transfer negotiations, working with CEO Tom Gorringe, but now e don leave before summer window.
Di circumstances of im exit no dey clear yet, and nobody sabi if dem go replace am or how Swansea recruitment team go look now. Plenty of Worth work dey around data analytics, as di lifelong Swans fan first develop im skills for betting world. E start as sports trader for betting industry for London, before e move to Australia for 2016 to head live odds division for Ladbrokes Australia, work wey e do for six years.
After dat, e move to Las Vegas to join BetMGM. E dey always wan move into football, and im expertise dey highly valued by top people for di club. E even get close relationship with Swansea majority owner Brett Cravatt. But now e don decide to move on. Both Swansea and Adam Worth don dey approached for comment.
For now, Swansea dey focus on finding new sporting director to fill di gap wey Montague leave since September last year. Di club talk say chief executive Tom Gorringe and Adam Worth don dey fill di gap before, but di idea to replace Montague don dey on agenda. Di new recruit go likely dey similar role, even with different title.
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