Brown is one of several candidates believed to be in the frame to take over
Steve Brown is one of the candidates in the frame to take the role of sporting director at Swansea City, sources have told WalesOnline.
Brown has been looking to get back into football since leaving his role as director of scouting at Manchester United, and is believed to have caught the eye of the Swans hierarchy as they look to remould their recruitment structure ahead of the new season.
After first joining the club in 2016, Brown was relieved of his duties in April last year as part of a second wave of redundancies under minority owner Sir Jim Radcliffe.
He was at the heart of recruitment efforts at the club, particularly under Erik ten Haag, and was reportedly central to the launch of Project Bethlehem, the codename for United’s huge recruitment rebuild.
According to The Athletic, he was also a key figure in setting up TrackerMan, the club’s bespoke centralised database of hundreds of players using scouting reports and data.
Brown actually started his career at Cardiff City, where he served as a first-team analyst for one year before departing in 2005, and went on to hold similar roles at Birmingham City and Reading.
He joined Everton in 2008, and would eventually go on to become the club's scouting and recruitment manager.
Sources have indicated Brown isn't the only name in the mix to take the role at Swansea, but the club are understood to be closing in on a decision.
The club are effectively looking to fill the void left by outgoing head of recruitment Adam Worth, who left his post earlier this month.
Worth had served as head of recruitment following the departure of previous director of football Richard Montague, having previously joined as the club's global head of analytics in October 2024.
Despite his departure, it's understood a number of transfer targets have already been identified ahead of the summer.
Many are likely to come from more domestic markets, with Swansea previously casting their eye abroad for new recruits.
Barnsley's Reyes Cleary is among the players they admire, but it remains to be seen whether the new man coming in will follow through on those plans.
Head coach Vitor Matos may well have his own ideas on what is needed within his squad over the coming weeks, but he says the arrival of a new sporting director will be beneficial for the structure of the club.
