Emenalo says English Clubs don't know how to recruit players

Recently resigned Chelsea's Technical Director, Michael Emenalo has expressed doubt over working with another English club after leaving Chelsea, accusing them of being ignorant of recruiting well to build formidable teams.

When asked if he would work for another English Premier League side, he said: “It may happen, but I think most English clubs do not know how to recruit for an issue that I almost think is cultural as almost everyone makes the same mistake.
“English clubs really, really like top attacking players, yet to a large extent make them play alongside medium-quality defenses. And that, in my opinion, explains their relative lack of success in European competitions despite them spending exorbitant sums in recent years.
“Successfully building a good team project always involves the ability of players to relate and ‘match’ to each other. In the Premier League there is a big difference between great talents and the medium quality of support for the same offensive talent. Most teams lack great defenders and defensive midfielders.
“So I do not know if they would understand me culturally. The great forwards who are already in the Premier League would be even better if they had the support of great full backs, for example. And how many great full backs are there in England? Right now, maybe just Tottenham’s.”

Emenalo who resigned last week after 10 years at Chelsea is expected to move abroad with Monaco rumoured to be his next destination.