Yes agreed we shouldn't employ ex-players for the sake of it, but ex-players with intelligence and a good footballing brain can be valuable assets - eg Crofts, Dicker, Greer, Calderon. I'd be all for players like Gross and Veltman having roles at the club in the future when they've stopped...
Of course there is more to being successful in recruitment than just being bilingual. However Chelsea didn't keep Mo Salah and Kevin De Bruyne. The fact they didn't keep Bruno means nothing. For what it's worth I think Bruno would be exactly the sort of person we'd be considering (perhaps not as...