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Luis Campos
A similar operator to Monchi, Campos is an expert in unearthing talent that can be sold on for massive profit.
The Portuguese earned his reputation in the transfer market when he worked at AS Monaco. Campos was the key man in recruiting a number of players for modest fees — including Bernardo Silva, Thomas Lemar and Fabinho — before selling on for fees above £40m.
He carried on his fine work in Ligue 1 when he took up a director of football role at Lille, recruiting Jonathan David, Sven Botman and Nicolas Pepe for the club on a modest budget — and deserved his share of credit for the club’s incredible title win in 2020-21.
Campos has experience of working with high-profile figures before, having worked at Real Madrid with Jose Mourinho.
He was wanted by Granovskaia in 2019 but stayed loyal to Lille, who he left a year later. Now still unattached, Campos may relish the chance to work on a new project in England.
