- BBC Sport is configured to drastically remodel its output and focus on digital content
- As part of this, the BBC plans to hire a 'soccer correspondent (tactics)' '
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BBC's plans to hire a 'soccer correspondent (tactics)' have raised their eyebrows inside the department and beyond.
As reported last week, there are 27 roles and 27 new roles are being created as part of a remodeling directed by Sport director Alex Kay-Jelski.
The changes, which will see dismissals between the presenters and correspondents of sports news, were transmitted to the staff 24 hours before a meeting in the football of the Hotel de Gary Neville, during which the future travel address was described.
At that meeting, which almost all the experts of the station attended, Alan Shearer spoke of the need for experts to provide a precise analysis that can make a backup.
“What is the point of having all these people who have played the game at the highest level and then bring a journalist who presumably will never have kicked a ball professionally about how Pep Guardiola's tastes should establish their teams?” Asked a perplexed employee.
The BBC has offered 'accelerated voluntary redundancy' to most staff in their sports department, since it seeks to drastically remodel their production and focus on digital content
In a recent meeting, the expert of the day, Alan Shearer