League chairman rejects role on England's 2018 bid 16/02/2009 |
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Sir Dave Richards has rejected an informal approach to take up a position on the England 2018 World Cup bid board in a move that reflects more widely held dissatisfaction at the company's structure. Andy Anson, the bid company's chief executive, recognises the Premier League chairman is an influential figure whose contacts would be invaluable. Anson and David Gill, the chief executive of Manchester United who is a vice-chairman of the bid company, have both contacted Richards – the latter to sound him out about co-option on to the board.
Richards, in common with several connected with the bid, has reservations about the composition of the board. He believes major surgery is required before England would have a chance of winning. For this reason he would not wish to be formally associated with the bid unless there is wholesale reform of its structures and personnel.
Richards is dismayed at the salaries being paid to bid-company staff, not least its chairman, David Triesman, who picks up £100,000 for a two-day week. Nonetheless he has agreed to offer his expertise to Gill and Anson.
Several within the 2018 operation have sympathy for Richards's views and moves to reconstruct the campaign team are expected. There has also been an informal approach to David Dein, the former Arsenal vice-chairman.
(Source: Guardian.co.uk)
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