The leaders of Standard have set their sights on the 45-year-old Irishman who has been active at Manchester City for 13 years!
As we wrote in our edition of May 5, 777 Partners was on the verge of finding a sports director at Standard, a position vacant since the departure of Benjamin Nicaise in October 2021. It was a foreign profile already in position in a club playing in Europe.
It seems that American leaders are regarding to find the rare pearl. According to our information, it was in England that Josh Wander and his teams, among other things, conducted their research to arrive at… Manchester City. No, Standard will not poach Txiki Begiristain but rather the 45-year-old Irishman, Fergal Harkin.
If this name will mean nothing to red supporters, in England, Harkin has an excellent popularity rating. A former Leicester player, whom he joined at the request of Martin O’Neill, and Bohemian FC, Harkin spent six years at Nike following his career, where he held three different marketing positions, following obtaining a Masters in Commerce from College University Dublin.
