In this case, the director of football may be sought by a board - or even manager - in order to provide advice or technical assistance on footballing or other aspects that are perceived as lacking or desired by the club.
In this case, however, the tag "director of football" may be dropped in order to prevent the "director" from undermining the present manager by his presence at the club with the person taking up a position such as with the youth academy perceived as subordinate to the manager.