Who replaces Woodward?

Wayne & Coleen Rooney. Football side, bang. Commercial side, bing. You know it makes sense.
 
OmarUnited4ever said:
It doesn't matter who replaces Woodward, we now have a football structure that will take care of all footballing decisions, the structure that looks after the commercial business will be alright as it's already taken care of by that lad named Arnold or something.
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Of course it matters. That structure is in place because of Woodward. What's to stop the replacement dismantling that if they manage to convince the Glazers it's a good idea.
 
I heard that Agnelli bloke is out of a job, I think he was at Juventus..
 
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Why would VDS leave a perfectly comfortable position at a club he loves and is well respected to work for these ugly backstabbing parasitic twats?
 
The Mitcher said:
If the caf thinks it's going to be anyone better than Woodward, then they need to temper their expectations. We have no idea if the person the Glazers will pick will be better, about the same, or worse. In fact, judging by their record, it may even be a worse replacement. The grass is always greener.

I expect to see the caf explode come the end of the season when the replacement is announced in the summer. Because this replacement is not going to be who the Caf wants.
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This.
 
Someone with strong business acumen like Ed, but is willing to delegate the football side to competent people.
 
roseguy64 said:
Of course it matters. That structure is in place because of Woodward. What's to stop the replacement dismantling that if they manage to convince the Glazers it's a good idea.
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Because as it stands, Ole is in a very strong position, firing Ole and dismantling the structure will definitely not sit well with the players and the fans and the media will have a field day with it, any incoming CEO isn't in any position of power to make wholesale changes even if the Glazers approve.
 
charlenefan said:
VDS hopefully
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Yep, first post best post; Edwin would be a close to ideal appointment, at least on paper. High-character and well-spoken individual, played at massive clubs like Ajax, Juventus and United so he is used to intense situations, quite experienced in directorial and executive capacities by now, there's the obvious ex-player connection, and having the axis of Solskjær (hero of '99) and van der Sar (hero of '08) to lead the club would be poetic. Might not want to get involved with the current owners, however — especially when he has job security with a principled organisation and could oversee some great endeavors over the long term in Amsterdam. Won't be surprised if Richard Arnold is promoted to the CEO position when all is said and done; close confidante of the Glazer family, long term employee of the club so there won't be any need for laborious succession plans, and currently spearheads all commercial and operational aspects of the company as “Group Managing Director”...

https://theorg.com/org/manchester-united/team/richard-arnold.
 
Invictus said:
Yep, first post best post; Edwin would be a close to ideal appointment, at least on paper. High-character and well-spoken individual, played at massive clubs like Ajax, Juventus and United so he is used to intense situations, quite experienced in directorial and executive capacities by now, there's the obvious ex-player connection, and having the axis of Solskjær (hero of '99) and van der Sar (hero of '08) to lead the club would be poetic. Might not want to get involved with the current owners, however — especially when he is has job security with a principled organisation and could oversee some great endeavors over the long term in Amsterdam. Won't be surprised if Richard Arnold is promoted to the CEO position when all is said and done; close confidante of the Glazer family, long term employee of the club so there won't be any need for laborious succession plans, and currently spearheads all commercial and operational aspects of the company as “Group Managing Director”...

https://theorg.com/org/manchester-united/team/richard-arnold.
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If VDS does get appointed...

We'd have the bloke who scored the winning goal in '99 as manager

And the bloke who made the winning save in '08 as CEO/EVC
 
Invictus said:
Yep, first post best post; Edwin would be a close to ideal appointment, at least on paper. High-character and well-spoken individual, played at massive clubs like Ajax, Juventus and United so he is used to intense situations, quite experienced in directorial and executive capacities by now, there's the obvious ex-player connection, and having the axis of Solskjær (hero of '99) and van der Sar (hero of '08) to lead the club would be poetic. Might not want to get involved with the current owners, however — especially when he has job security with a principled organisation and could oversee some great endeavors over the long term in Amsterdam. Won't be surprised if Richard Arnold is promoted to the CEO position when all is said and done; close confidante of the Glazer family, long term employee of the club so there won't be any need for laborious succession plans, and currently spearheads all commercial and operational aspects of the company as “Group Managing Director”...

https://theorg.com/org/manchester-united/team/richard-arnold.
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I will be very surprised if Arnold isn't announced as CEO in the coming weeks or months and I don't think it will be as bad as people fear. Whilst the restrictions that the Glazers place on the club are limiting and do hurt us a lot of what went wrong over the past eight years was just down to structural (within the club) and character flaws from both the CEO and managers appointed.

Now that we have some semblance of a structure at the club we should start making better decisions the market. Imagine we spent close £70m last summer on players that have had minimal impact on the squad and we are still 2nd, how would it have panned out if we had done differently like buy a RW and CB for example?

It's not like we need a revolution, outside of getting the Glazers out (which is still a long shot irregardless of the past 48hrs), we just need someone to come in and make common sense decisions, give the talented football heads we have within the building the room to do what they do best and make sure that we don't go broke.

Woodward was central to the Glazers financial plans and he had the connections in Wall Street, having worked there, but on the football side, especially early on, he enjoyed the transfer market too much and led us into costly blunders. I think his inner workings with the Glazers is what they will miss but on the football side the issues facing the new guy are simple to navigate.
 
UpWithRivers said:
It will be Murtough. Isnt that why he was made director?
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I think it's more likely he made that position because they were restructuring in preparation for someone new coming in, someone who will have less involvement than Ed did.
 
bsCallout said:
I think it's more likely he made that position because they were restructuring in preparation for someone new coming in, someone who will have less involvement than Ed did.
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Yes probably. But that new person will be a business/finance person/CEO. Not the Van Der Sar suggestions that are in the papers. Murtough will be in charge of football and the new person in charge of marketing, finance etc
 
UpWithRivers said:
Yes probably. But that new person will be a business/finance person/CEO. Not the Van Der Sar suggestions that are in the papers. Murtough will be in charge of football and the new person in charge of marketing, finance etc
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As it should be, whilst I admire Van Der Sarr and would want him under different ownership, I don't think he is prepared for the other financial, commercial and legal aspects of the job in a way Arnold would be. I think Murtough's role will become more prominent after Woodward's departure and Judge could be on thin ice.
 
new up and coming marketing exec, woodward edwood. he looks familiar, but you can’t quite out
your finger on where you recognise him from.
 
From the Athletic

Some would like Sir Alex Ferguson to increase his role during the changeover. He was part of the welcome committee for Jude Bellingham at Carrington as United chased his signing and would add gravitas to pursuits. In hindsight, his unprecedented intervention against the Super League on Sunday feels profound.

Richard Arnold, United’s managing director, looks a more natural long-term fit as Woodward’s replacement, given his commercial importance to the club. That sponsorship strength is what appeals to the Glazers, even if some in the industry now believe the family could be more open to selling than before. Woodward was in many ways the Glazers’ human shield and the man who knew them best; his departure leaves them exposed like never before at United.
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Hopefully we find a good administrator that can strike a good balance between "commercial" and "sporting" aspects. Someone who has a track record of building relationships in the business and can move the needle when it matters in recruitment without getting fleeced.
 
With Murtough, Judge and Fletcher handling the football stuff, Woodward has become all about the commercial side of things at this point. His purview is signing DHL not DCL.

Anybody who replaces Woodward would be coming from the very top of business world rather than the football world. There's no vacancy for somebody like VdS.
 
There's more chance it'll be someone called Tarquin Cholmondeley III than Edwin van der Sar.
 
Wonder if we can get Gill back temporarily while we sort out the mess.
 
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