Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has declared how important the role of Michael Emenalo has with the club.
Competition to find and secure top players is fierce and Mourinho values the role played in this area by technical director Emenalo and those assisting him.
"There are many things in a manager's job that you cannot do, and if you do them, you can't do them properly," explained the Portuguese. "Or, if you do, it means that you are losing your influence in other areas that become important, and areas where nobody else can do it for you.
"So it's important you have around you structures that can deliver to you the best information, and especially the scouting area, which is a very difficult area for a person like me.
"I cannot travel because I have important things to do in the club. I cannot travel because if I travel everybody knows I'm travelling, everybody knows where I am, everybody knows the player I'm looking for, everybody starts the speculation.
"The area of the club responsible for analysing the opponents and preparing the matches is basically the same structure I implemented when I was here, and now they are just waiting for my next input for evolution of that.
"But in the area of scouting young players, the club has had an evolution. The club is better now than when I came, and I think it's better because it needs to be better, because you cannot just find a player when he's 24, 25, 26 and in the best moment of his career.
"You have to scout and follow before that and you cannot do it without a good structure. That is an area of the club where I found good work is being done. I think Michael and his staff are prepared. They gave me already some, and they are prepared to provide me with the type of information I need."