Finally a Kane backup.
He's a money guy. Led Chelsea's sale to Abromovich, sale of Leeds, the administration and sale of Portsmouth, and sales of Hearts & Bolton. If he is indeed coming on board now, it is probably to oversee the sale of the club in the near future.
We must be really beyond fucked, eh. Thank god our owner helps out!he is literally brought in to save clubs when they are in financial trouble he Is actually responsible for saving Swansea and more recently trying to sell them on.
Joe Lewis is a gazillionaire. He just prefers to spend his money on yachts, art, wall street statues and a community he built in Orlando.This could actually be the most important incoming of the entire window — not in his role but in regards to it signaling financial trouble at ENIC or even more radically potentially preceding a sale of the club. I suppose we are the worst of the English big clubs with no CL, no prize money, no gazillionaire owner, and crucially a brand new stadium whose payment depended on future cash flows. Even in worst case scenario I don’t think COVID was planned for fully and we’ve a lot of outstanding debts. Interesting to say the least.
Does he know Jeff Bezos??" Birch, a 61-year-old chartered accountant who has specialised at putting out fires at troubled clubs in the past. On his CV appears Leeds United, Chelsea, Bolton, Portsmouth, Aston Villa and Hearts, among others"
Chelsea:
"Having come over from Ernest & Young in 2002, Birch initially arrived as a director, but just two months later was the chief executive and the driving force behind Chelsea’s ownership being taken from Ken Bates to Roman Abramovich.
"Birch remained with the Blues for a few months and played a big part in Chelsea’s spending spree during the first summer of Abramovich being in charge.
Leeds:
"Birch was able to stave off administration in his first few months at the club, putting out fires wherever he could and did manage to keep player sales to a minimum in the January 2004 transfer window, but the chaos in the boardroom caused instability on the pitch and Leeds were plunged into a relegation battle. Birch's endgame was to find a new buyer, which he did in March of 2004 after cutting debts in half.
"A local consortium led by Gerald Krasner took over but were unable to stop the slide and the club were relegated at the end of that season. The situation Birch found himself in at Elland Road was pretty much mission impossible given the problems he inherited, but he is one of very few figures to emerge from that period with credit."
Portsmouth:
"Trevor was the second administrator, effectively. Unusually for an administrator, he was very highly regarded, very highly respected, and people connected to the football club and supporters have nothing but good words to say about him.
"He did a tremendous job here. He had to deal with some unpleasant characters, and in the end he decided on fan ownership. In the
Well yeah he is heinously, unthinkably rich. I moreso mean Lewis (and Henry at Liverpool and to some extent Kroenke at Arsenal) have a spending cap, compared to the excesses of teams like Chelsea and City to whom money is as much of an issue as human rightsJoe Lewis is a gazillionaire. He just prefers to spend his money on yachts, art, wall street statues and a community he built in Orlando.
he is literally brought in to save clubs when they are in financial trouble he Is actually responsible for saving Swansea and more recently trying to sell them on.
These management changes will lead to the creation of a Football Board consisting of Trevor Birch, Rebecca Caplehorn and Steve Hitchen, chaired by Daniel LevyCan see this as Levy stepping aside from day to day running of football side of business to concentrate on property side of business (think there was some ITK alluding to that couple of months back)