Marink Reedijk has said that transfer decisions at Hibernian will be made collectively, declining to confirm whether he will have the final say. The new Easter Road head coach is winless after three games in charge, with the club bottom of the Premiership on seven points.
Reedijk on recruitment approach
Speaking on the Sky Sports Essential Football podcast, Reedijk stressed the importance of working together on recruitment. "So for me, there's always a team thing," he said. "You do things together."
He added: "At the end of my day, if I look at my job here, it's winning matches and make the players we have here better. So that's my role, that's how I see it."
Reedijk explained that he will sit down with sporting director Malky Mackay and the recruitment team to discuss the squad's needs. "However, I also know that this is an important part of the football club. Therefore you always sit down with Malky, with the recruitment guys on and informal and formal basis to discuss how the current team looks, what we think we need and they will then look for a certain profile."
He said: "We sketch as a staff as well. That's important because I have one brain and there are 30 others brains in the building. If you use these accordingly and appropriately, then I think the outcome will be even better."
Final say question
When asked whether he would have the final say on transfers, Reedijk replied: "I think we do this together and I think this is also important to do because at the end of the day, everybody needs to carry a certain decision."
Backroom staff changes
Reedijk brought Rogier Molhoek as his assistant, having worked together at Beveren. Former Scotland U17s boss Brian McLaughlin has been added as first team coach, with Scott Thomson promoted to first team goalkeeping coach.
The Dutchman admitted he would have liked to bring two people with him. He said: "For me, that was also a team thing. It's important to have someone who knows how I want to play and how I like to train."
He added: "But also it was important to me that there was a lot of Scottish blend, so to say, that has some roots within the club as well. If you want to do things together, this is a benefit for everyone."
Reedijk said: "I said I want one, maybe two persons with me in order to come here. Eventually it was one. Furthermore, I want Scottish people who know the league, who know the club, who know the players properly from the start. We can work to bring the two lives and the two ways together in an appropriate manner."
He concluded: "My way is always based on I have my ideas, but you are in a certain context and you need to take this into account. So it's not my way or the highway, it's my way within the way which is already here in Scotland."
