Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:48 am
Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:56 am
Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:10 am
Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:17 am
ianfens wrote:Watching the late news last night.
Some financier from Utd. was asked for his impressions....... Keith Harris.
Well, wherever there is publicity ....you'l find Mr. Harris.
Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:34 am
Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:54 am
sullysoul wrote:The Truth his he's full of Shit ie
Own a Football Club Ring Keithy Boy pay him a consultancy fee get him on the board.
f**k all happens Look at Newcastle ! Mr Sports world paid 300 million trys to sell with Keiths help for 80 Million ! still no deal done !!
hes a knob.
Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:40 am
nerd wrote:ianfens wrote:Watching the late news last night.
Some financier from Utd. was asked for his impressions....... Keith Harris.
Well, wherever there is publicity ....you'l find Mr. Harris.
Given his job is working as a broker for deals to invest / takeover football clubs, what exactly is so odd with that?
If you want him working exclusively for us, make him a salaried employee - and then see the high wage to match his current earning.
Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:01 pm
Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:19 pm
nerd wrote:Yup, sure, I can only assume you're an expert on company acquisitions :p
He's on the board of one and only one club, as a non executive director.
Do you magically believe that all deals are amazingly completed incredibly quickly? Someone turns up with a briefcase full of used tenners? Ashley appears a pain in the arse to deal with, overvaluing Newcastle. Harris works by soliciting offers for clubs. He can't suddenly magic investors up if none are interested, you know.
He looks for potential investors, owners for clubs. That's it. Any deals have to happen between both parties. Simple as that.
Do I think he should be on our board? No.
Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:29 pm
Zabier wrote:nerd wrote:Yup, sure, I can only assume you're an expert on company acquisitions :p
He's on the board of one and only one club, as a non executive director.
Do you magically believe that all deals are amazingly completed incredibly quickly? Someone turns up with a briefcase full of used tenners? Ashley appears a pain in the arse to deal with, overvaluing Newcastle. Harris works by soliciting offers for clubs. He can't suddenly magic investors up if none are interested, you know.
He looks for potential investors, owners for clubs. That's it. Any deals have to happen between both parties. Simple as that.
Do I think he should be on our board? No.
My thoughts exactly. The club said he didn't earn a six figure sum but even so, any figure he earns is pointless in my eyes. I want a man who is committed to selling our club directly rather than someone who spends most of his time financing bigger deals. We're not the right sort of club for someone like Keith Harris to be involved with. We'd do better selling the club ourselves and saving the money we pay for him to pay off debts owed.
Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:41 pm
Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:19 pm
Zabier wrote:My main priority right now is the debts we owe and the fact we're paying sums to a man whose main priority isn't even us. I'd rather Ridsdale actually did something for the money he's on rather than paying someone else to do it.
I don't know what the ins and outs are but I think it's a bit ridiculous that we're paying someone who is working on a much bigger project, especially considering so many local businesses are struggling due to not being paid by the club.
Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:33 pm
sullysoul wrote:The Truth his he's full of Shit ie
Own a Football Club Ring Keithy Boy pay him a consultancy fee get him on the board.
f**k all happens Look at Newcastle ! Mr Sports world paid 300 million trys to sell with Keiths help for 80 Million ! still no deal done !!
hes a knob.