Newcastle could appoint ‘incredible’ Campos after new update from Jim White – pundit
Paul Robinson has heaped praise on the “incredible” Luis Campos amid talk of the 57-year-old becoming Newcastle United’s new director of football.
However, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the ex-Premier League goalkeeper said he is unsure whether the Portuguese is the right man for the Magpies.
Jim White revealed to talkSPORT on Monday (18th October) that he had contacted Luis Campos to assess whether his interest in becoming Newcastle’s new sporting director.
Intriguingly, Campos, who enjoyed great success at Lille and AS Monaco declined to comment on the matter.
Robinson believes Newcastle’s new owners are right to be taking their time over the decision.
“Campos had an incredible amount of success at other clubs,” he told Football Insider.
“As good as he is, it is hard to know whether he would be a success. The task at hand is something that has never been done before in football.
“The sporting director needs to come in and then oversee millions and millions of spending on both players and infrastructure. Whoever comes in is going to be in charge of a multi-million-pound project.
“Newcastle need somebody who has a very good network, can work with new players and a new manager.
“I think the owners have done the right thing in taking their time. This needs to be thought about carefully.
“Newcastle have a huge amount of money but they do not want to waste money on bad managers and bad players. The approach has been calculated and I think that’s sensible.”
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