Recruitment process in Smith's own words

"We've identified positions what we need, and on them positions there are profiles, and they get whittled down to players. The job of the recruitment team and Stuart (Webber) and Neil (Adams) is to contact the clubs, agents and eventually players and set the wheels in motion. There's lots of time, there's a month left at least."

Not sure if it was the same under Farke (I suspect it was) but clear that Smith believes he has a full say in recruitment within of course the financial constraints imposed by the club.

Posted By: The Gaffer, Aug 1, 08:36:53