Before the summer, reports came out that the club were going to revamp the entire academy and the scouting department. The club has recruited over 50 new scouts over the summer and here are some of those scouts that were recruited this summer, were they previously worked and what their position at the club is.:

• Marcel Bout - Ajax, AZ Alkmaar, Bayern - Chief Scout

• Thomas Bormann - Hoffenheim - Switzerland

• Jorge Alvial - Chelsea - Unknown

• Roy Beukenkamp - PSV - Holland

• Sandro Orlandelli - Brazillian FA - Brasil

• Joao Ferreira - Sporting and Orlando - Portugal

• Armand Benneker - Hoffenheim - Austria

• Tommy Moller Nielsen - Denmark

• Mark Prizant - Philadelphia Union - America