Henry/Glover roles make life interesting

West Ham’s decision to employ two men in very similar  – if not the same role – is interesting to put it mildly.

Tony Henry’s arrival from Sunderland, after a spell on gardening leave, is clearly a move aimed at ensuring the club misses nothing and nobody as far as player talent is concerned.

Sam Allardyce has a much trusted long term  head of recruitment in Martin Glover, whilst Henry is the choice of David Sullivan to help him discover the best buys.

Henry – as exclusively revealed by this site – earlier in the week will be reporting only to the co-chairman who is  Director of Football in everything  but name and reports to the board on all matters recruitment.

Back in the summer it became clear via various statements that the board was set to have a much greater input (some might call it ‘control over’ ) player purchases.

Now it seems, with the arrival of Henry, that could be a far more important move than the much more  heralded appointment of Teddy Sheringham attacking coach.

Quite how his Henry’s role sits alongside Glover’s  is a big question although it was described to CandH privately as “a move to help closer cooperation between the managerial side and  board.”

Henry carries the title ‘recruitment director to the board’ whilst Glover is’head of recruitment’ and it’s a tad tricky at this stage working out where one man’s responsibilities end and the other’s start.

Hopefully it will all work to the greater good of the club but one thing’s sure – there has been am mini revolution inside the club at most levels this summer and autumn.