Was he responsible for bringing in Yildiz, Soule, Koni, etc and partly the reason why our Next Gen team is producing a talent or two every year?
Yeah he was, did fantastic job for u23/next gen foe years as the managing youth director, and Tognozzi as the head scout.
Both gone now, tho they getting promotions in other clubs so good for them.
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Tbh Tognozzi played a big role in that.
Tognozzi was the high level head scout, but Manna was the managing director for youth U23 section who oversaw all that, including the talents. He litterally got an award for that wonderful job, and is being poached with promotion due to that work:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ju...anni-manna-receives-manager-of-the-year-award
His senior teams management role as sport director was brief and temporary in a time of interim front office and no funds. So it's primarily his U23 work he made his name.

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