Guys who among the clubs' officials has the most power/clout in how the players and team are run? The owners, presidents or managers?
Let's examine this in 3 major clubs:
1) FC Barcelona: The president is Joan Laporta and Guardiola the manager. How much influence and clout does Laporta have in the running of the club? His name keeps popping up in the proposed swap deal between Inter and barca for Eto'o and Ibra. So is it safe to say that Club presidents have the final say on who the club buys, and NOT the manager (who makes suggestions, but doesn't have the final say in transactions)? So is laporta the real man to credit for barca's massive success last season? He was the one who hired Rijkaard and Guardiola remember
2) Real madrid: President Florentino Perez and manager Pellegrini. Perez is responsible for the formation of Galacticos 2.0 and hired Pellegrini. Is it safe to say that club presidents are the people most responsible for a club's success? The president paints the VISION and objectives for the club, and he HIRES the manager to see to it that those objectives and vision is met
3) Chelsea: Owner: Roman Chairman/President: Bruce Buck Manager: Ancellotti
Another different scenario: here the owner Roman has the most power and clout, NOT the President Buck (his name is Buck and he likes to ****) (who no-one ever hears about) or the manager Ancellotti
I guess every club has a different administrative/power structure from each other
