Manchester United snubbed signing all seven of the players reportedly recommended to them by their former scouting team - with four of them joining rivals Man City.
Jim Lawlor joined United in 2006 during the Sir Alex Ferguson regime and was chief scout up until this summer when he made way ahead of Erik ten Hag's arrival. Marcel Bout, who was initially part of Louis van Gaal's coaching staff before he became the global head of scouting in 2016, was also moved on around the same time.
The shake-up was to allow Ten Hag to bring in his own staff, with the Dutchman already hiring the likes of Steve McClaren and Mitchell van der Gaag as assistants and Benni McCarthy as a coach.
