Yeah, he surely has substantial influence esp now that he won the treble. How does this work though? Lucho has to focus mostly on his coaching responsibilities, he cant really know that much about whats available in the market.
Usually coach demands reinforcement at certain position and ask for certain players at it .there is a grey area here depending on the coach/board/sporting director .sometimes what the coach wants he gets no question asked,other times the club will go for other options depending in the market .obviously 1st choice is to work together and the sporting director will be telling the coach about who is in the market and who isn't
for example in 2009 ,the club wanted Villa and didn't want Chygrynskiy but pep wanted Chyg&Ibra and put his renewal talks on hold IIRC .he got what he wanted .but in 2008 he wanted Adebayor in and Eto out and the club told him to work with what he has
obviously in most cases the coach is more right but those are the examples on my head right now
he club may sign "relatively unknown" players based on scouting like Varane with RM and Douglas with us
Right now Lucho will have a huge influence in the club and he will use it in his favor .
