Out with Ernie, in with Ernst.
The Ernst Tanner era officially began on Thursday with the introduction of the 51-year-old German as the new sporting director for the Philadelphia Union.
Most recently with Red Bull Salzburg in Austria, Tanner brings experience both in scouting and developing young players through the European academy system and also as a front office executive. He has helped run the academy at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Red Bull Salzburg and also served as sporting director during his time at Hoffenheim. Prior to that he spent time at TSV 1860 Munich, starting out as a coach in 1994 and progressing to academy director in 1999.