Maybe Orta should be cut some slack with this in mind
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Victor Orta is a man who needs to redeem himself this summer somewhat and there might be a suggestion that he is going to.
The Director of Football struggled to really find players to improve our senior side last summer and so we can only hope that he has learned from those mistakes.
Indeed, certain rumours suggest he might have done but he’s still got to pull them off, whilst the Marcelo Bielsa rumours might also be down to him in a way.
Certainly, after it was discovered he used to be a journalist at times earlier on Twitter, Phil Hay revealed that he is the one pushing for Bielsa to be our manager:
Could be
— 💛Thursday 17th October 2019💙 (@WACCOE) June 2, 2018
Orta was a journalist at one point. It’s him who knows Bielsa and has been pushing this
— Phil Hay (@PhilHay_) June 2, 2018
The Verdict
Certainly, if the Argentine manager did arrive you’d have to give Orta a bit of credit with this link apparently in mind.
A top manager respected by many, it’s clear that Orta might have learned his lesson from last summer.
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