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Takeover News/Rumours - Part 42
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Dave_39
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EFL eye up Sunderland's Jim Rodwell for new chief
Sunderland's Jim Rodwell is wanted by the EFL to replace outgoing chief executive Dave Baldwin, who will leave next year after less than 12 months in the job.
Rodwell was previously a director of the EFL while in charge at Scunthorpe before moving to Sunderland. There he has been instrumental in negotiating the club's imminent takeover by Uruguayan businessman Juan Sartori and Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, son of former Marseille owner Robert Dreyfus.
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Sunderland's Jim Rodwell is wanted by the EFL to replace outgoing chief executive Dave Baldwin, who will leave next year after less than 12 months in the job.
Rodwell was previously a director of the EFL while in charge at Scunthorpe before moving to Sunderland. There he has been instrumental in negotiating the club's imminent takeover by Uruguayan businessman Juan Sartori and Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, son of former Marseille owner Robert Dreyfus.
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Ashley In!!
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Great news for him. And us.
oddbod
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not if he does it part time......
Hull_Mackem
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Rodwell is the Chief Exec, there would be something wrong if he wasn't involved in speaking to a potential new head coach! He is running the club!
Shows how insignificant Sunderland (and) the EFL are for that matter, when a Newspaper headline is leading with a Premier League footballers house and the proposed new chief of a 72 club league structure is a small snippet on a sub headline
phillips10
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We need some clarity very soon as none of this is good for the club or the supporters.
I think its becoming apparent for all to see that there is new owners calling the shots (just waiting for EFL clearance) and a management structure has been identified and is taking shape within the club
hertsmackem
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unless u believe the Echo
Sea to Shining Sea
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Who’d have thought eh.
I’m sure we’ll see plenty of posts now saying ‘well of course he was involved, he owns the club’ despite people bending over backwards to say the appointments were all the work of Dreyfuss and Sartori.
hertsmackem
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The whole thing is very strange and very strange appointments, typical of SD to cloud everything to shield his obvious shortcomings.
direct quotes from Johnson marra while the Echo understands, no direct quotes
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Sea to Shining Sea
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Indeed. Direct mention of Donald, Rodwell and the advisory board. Dreyfuss may have spoken to him once everything was done but this all points to a furniture rearrangement. We can only wait and see
deleted user 785
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The change in the set up is from them, I'm convinced of it. Donald talking to the new manager is worrying though. Those 2 clowns (SD & CM) need f***ing off ASAP
Edit: we can't we say f***ing anymore without it be asterixed?
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The Beautiful Game
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Are we still negative idiots?
And Johnson has given an insight into the talks he had with Speakman, owner
"The ownership group had an idea and a vision on their future plans for Sunderland and it was presented to me over the course of a couple of hours," he said.
"Stewart is obviously involved in that, and I've had good conversations with Stewart.
And Johnson has given an insight into the talks he had with Speakman, owner
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, before taking the job."The ownership group had an idea and a vision on their future plans for Sunderland and it was presented to me over the course of a couple of hours," he said.
"Stewart is obviously involved in that, and I've had good conversations with Stewart.
f***ing hell you’re right!
Sea to Shining Sea
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The change in the set up is hardly that much of an intervention. It’s not even new for SAFC. We’ve had this ‘model’ before under Short. It’s designed to take pressure and responsibility away from the board and the manager.
I’ll remain very skeptical until genuine evidence shows that there is major influence from the new lad and Sartori.
The Beautiful Game
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Was thinking about this last night and had a nagging feeling. We sacked Hill and Coton way back in July before the takeover was even mooted. The existing board were obviously looking to go in a different direction way back then.
Sartori can’t stand him or methven either.
edit: mind, just spoke to my mate and he reckons he listened to this interview and he didn’t name any names. Chronicle wouldn’t have just made that up would they?!
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The Cabbage
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The change in structure was important as firstly it’s the right structure - with seemingly highly rated people chosen. Secondly it’s completely opposed to everything that Donald said he wanted in the way to run a club. It was a really good signal that he was out. This is really bad news today. It still has chance to work - as I say it’s 100% the right thing for Safc to do - but equally it’s now gonna be tainted by association to that utter f***ing failure. Something that should be a positive is now spoiled by Donald’s endless ego.
Sea to Shining Sea
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everything about the appointment of Johnson looks like an existing SAFC board appointment. It’s even similar to our player recruitment.
Available, relatively cheap, previous championship experience without pulling up any trees, willing to work with a limited budget.
I may be categorically wrong, but I find the idea that the appointment of Speakman and Johnson have been solely down to the intervention of Dreyfuss and Sartori quite fanciful.
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