MARK Bosnich, Alex Tobin and national technical director Han Berger are the three wise men who will bid to find the next, vital component of Sydney FC's rebuilding drive.

Widely criticised in the past for a lack of football knowledge, Sydney have formed an ad-hoc committee to find a football director - a key figure tasked with recruitment of new talent and the best management of what the club already has.

Directors Scott Barlow and Chris Rex, plus CEO Dirk Melton, will also sit on the committee but Bosnich, Berger and Football NSW's technical director Tobin have the specific responsibility to identify candidates with the expertise - and also the willingness - to take on the position at Sydney.

Melton was at pains to point out that the committee is very a much a one-off move purely to find the right candidate and not a permanent advisory board, though he drew a careful distinction between a technical director and the role the new man will take up.

"Football director is a key appointment for us and it's one we have to get right," he said.

"There are five areas he has to cover - recruitment and retention; high performance; health science; player welfare; and operations.

"It's not a position the coach will report to - but it's designed that he takes all the other stuff off the hands of the coaching staff, to they can get on with working technically with the players we have."

Arguably the most important part of the role will be the identification of new talent, here and overseas.

Sydney were literally gutted by the departure of five key players after the 2010 grand final win, and have been behind the curve of recruitment since, at least until the capture of Brett Emerton. Though questions will be asked in some quarters about the positions of Berger and Bosnich, with national responsibilties to the FFA and Fox Sports respectively, Berger has quietly been assisting clubs at various points already.

Bosnich meanwhile was keen to play down the formality of the role, and to emphasise that his assistance was available across the league.

"I'm here to help Australian football so anyone who asks, whichever club, I'd be delighted to," he said.

With the A-League transfer window opening in a fortnight - the point at which players on contracts finishing this season can be contacted by other clubs - Sydney aim to move quickly to make the appointment.

"I'd love for it to be done inside four weeks, but really what's the probability of that?" Melton said.

"I don't want to make a forecast on when we would look to appoint someone, but really it has to be as quick as possible."

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Originally published as Sydney's director approach