Chief Exec News from Torygraph

[Marvin]

Goal.com is well worth listening to for city stories now

How's that come about. I have noticed a lot of seemingly well sourced reports from them

 

[johnny crossan]

pulled I reckon - goal's well placed City sources have got the wind up! That Potts bloke from Tesco still in with a chance?

 

[Marvin]

pulled I reckon - goal's well placed City sources have got the wind up!

Search under club news and you can find it.

 

[CityPar]

Goal.com says we're on the brink of appointing Soriano

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/596/exclusive/2012/08/14/3304678/manchester-city-on-brink-of-appointing-former-barcelona-vice?source=breakingnews" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.goal.com/en/news/596/exclusi ... eakingnews</a>

page gone missing

They've probably been "warned" to pull it. After all it was only yesterday that sources said he was out of the running. I just wouldn't give Goal.com much credence....yet.

 

[johnny crossan]

pulled I reckon - goal's well placed City sources have got the wind up!

Search under club news and you can find it.

here it is:

Manchester City on brink of appointing former Barcelona vice-president Soriano as new chief executive
Premier League champions closing in on a replacement for Garry Cook following new twist in CEO search

14 Aug 2012 13:00:00


EXCLUSIVE
By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent

Manchester City are on the brink of appointing former Barcelona vice-president Ferran Soriano as the club's new chief executive following a dramatic twist in their lengthy pursuit of a replacement for Garry Cook.


As revealed by Goal.com in January, City's high command had lined up Soriano to take on the high profile post at Etihad Stadium.

But the Premier League champions turned their attention elsewhere after the collapse of Spanair, the airline chaired by the ex-Barca chief.

However, talks with Soriano have been re-opened in the last 24 to 48 hours, which has led to a major breakthrough in the search to fill City's vacant post.

Sources close to both camps have indicated that Soriano is close to being appointed the new City CEO and that an announcement could even be made by the club in the next seven days.

It comes after it was revealed by Goal.com that the Abu Dhabi-owned club have approached Frank Arnesen to become their new director of football in a shake-up of their recruitment and scouting operation.

City have been without a chief executive since Cook resigned from his £1.96 million-a-year post last September after the disclosure of an inappropriate email exchange between him and the mother of the club's full-back Nedum Onuoha.

The Premier League champions employed corporate headhunters Odgers to find a suitable candidate and circulated they were willing to pay £2m-a-year to fill the post.

Soriano, who was on the Barcelona board between 2003 and 2008 as the club grew rapidly to become the second highest earning in the world, fits the bill as a well-connected football figure with international commercial experience.

The 44-year-old's contacts, wide experience of football's corridors of power and his role played in the spectacular growth of Barcelona's fan base and worldwide appeal have impressed City's top brass.

The lifelong Barca fan also speaks English and is well known at European football's top table. At Barcelona he had a spell as general manager and was a member of the executive committee of the now disbanded G14.

City's interim CEO John MacBeath has been regarded by chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak as a safe pair of hands until the club make a permanent appointment for what has become one of the most prominent positions in the game. But Macbeath was only ever seen as a stop-gap measure.

The club's Abu Dhabi owners want the new man to help expand the club's brand globally as well as oversee the £300m redevelopment of Etihad Stadium and surrounding areas in the years ahead.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/08/14/3304587/manchester-city-on-brink-of-appointing-former-barcelona-vice" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/pre ... elona-vice</a>

 

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City Suspend Search For Chief Executive

Tue, 14/08/2012 - 12:51am

Manchester City have put their search for a new chief executive on the backburner after abandoning plans to appoint the former Barcelona vice-president at the top of the club.

As revealed by Goal.com in January, City’s high command had lined up ex-Barca general manager Ferran Soriano earlier this year to replace Garry Cook, with TxikiBegiristain, the former Nou Camp dealmaker, working alongside him as director of football.

But Soriano’s stock has nosedived since the collapse of airline Spanair and City decided to turn their attention elsewhere after coming close to authorising the most radical shake-up ever to how a leading Premier League outfit is run.

City chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak regards interim CEO John Mac Beath as a safe pair of hands until City make a permanent appointment for what has become one of the most prominent positions in the game.

City have been without a chief executive since Cook resigned from his £1.96 million-a-year post last September after the disclosure of an inappropriate email exchange between him and the mother of the club’s full-back Nedum Onuoha.

The Premier League champions employed corporate headhunters Odgers to find a suitable candidate and have circulated they are willing to pay £2m-a-year to fill the post.

City want someone with international commercial experience to help expand the club’s brand globally as well as oversee the £300m redevelopment of Etihad Stadium and surrounding areas in the years ahead.

The club’s Abu Dhabi owners also want the new CEO to have experience of football’s corridors of power and carry political kudos among the sport’s power brokers.

So which is it?

 

[Roll On City]

this

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/08/14/3304587/manchester-city-on-brink-of-appointing-former-barcelona-vice" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/pre ... elona-vice</a>

 

[Ric]

I was told by someone last week that Soriano would be confirmed as the new CEO this Friday, but who knows?

 

[johnny crossan]

I was told by someone last week that Soriano would be confirmed as the new CEO this Friday, but who knows?

ay there's the rub!!!

 

[117 M34]

I was told by someone last week that Soriano would be confirmed as the new CEO this Friday, but who knows?

Was it VVK?