Craig Kline no longer Fulham's assistant director of football operations
Tuesday 31 October 2017 20:30, UK
Fulham’s assistant director of football operations Craig Kline has left the club, Sky Sports News understands.
The American joined the club in 2014 as a data analyst and was charged with sourcing players for the Sky Bet Championship club based on purely statistical analysis.
But that brought him into direct conflict with the club's manager Slavisa Jokanovic with the Serb openly criticising his "Moneyball" transfer policy last season.
Jokanovic claimed Kline gave the go-ahead for signings he did not want and failed to act on filling positions he needed to strengthen.
Kline was added to the Fulham board back in February, when he was given the title Assistant Director of Football Operations and Director of Statistical Research, working under Tony Khan, son of the club's owner Shahid Khan.
But Sky Sports News understands Kline has now left Craven Cottage, with Fulham heading into their clash with Bristol City on Tuesday night 13th in the table after reaching the play-offs last season.
