New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

[blulouie]

Guess what. Out of the blue, they're firing both the sporting director Ghisolfi and the CEO Vitali.

Everybody is shocked. Not a single clue.

Worst timing ever. They operate more or less like an intelligence agency.

What is the reasoning for this.

I thought they'd be very happy after the huge turn around in thier season.

 

[AS Roma_fan]

I didn't even realise that Roma had a new CEO, as I thought Ryan Friedkin was in that role on an interim basis. Sacking the new CEO is quite abrupt and surprising.

Vitali was an interim CEO, but lately everyone was saying "he's staying". He was the man in charge of the stadium project. He got promoted. His ousting is less surprising.
But ghisolfi...he's said through the season he had rebuilt the scouting department from scratch, he chose Gasperini together with Ranieri. Nobody could think he was going.

Tomorrow is the day of Gasperini's first press conference. And it's likely ghisolfi won't be there. KGB style.

 

[AS Roma_fan]

What is the reasoning for this.

I thought they'd be very happy after the huge turn around in thier season.

I'd like to know.

Firing a sporting director in June is crazy. Unless the move has been made months ago and ghisolfi has pretended to be Roma's dof ever since.

Great actor.

I don't know what they think, how they take their decisions. I just hope Ranieri is actually advising them to make such moves.

If you work for TFG you always have to watch your back though, it must be frustrating.

 

[brieverton]

I'd like to know.

Firing a sporting director in June is crazy. Unless the move has been made months ago and ghisolfi has pretended to be Roma's dof ever since.

Great actor.

I don't know what they think, how they take their decisions. I just hope Ranieri is actually advising them to make such moves.

If you work for TFG you always have to watch your back though, it must be frustrating.

The timing makes no sense. But here, the Director of Football role has been abolished (I assume that was as a result of a TFG review) so if they think it doesn't work anymore, maybe they'll go to a "flatter" structure such as what Everton now have.

I did think as soon as that was implemented here it would have potential implications for Roma and Ghisolfi in particular.

 

[blulouie]

I'd like to know.

Firing a sporting director in June is crazy. Unless the move has been made months ago and ghisolfi has pretended to be Roma's dof ever since.

Great actor.

I don't know what they think, how they take their decisions. I just hope Ranieri is actually advising them to make such moves.

If you work for TFG you always have to watch your back though, it must be frustrating.

Maybe it has something to do with the new manager coming in .
Still very strange tho.

 

[mahermi1]

What is the reasoning for this.

I thought they'd be very happy after the huge turn around in thier season.

Lol is it the Friedkins version of Doge?

 

[Bluesnapper]

Vitali was an interim CEO, but lately everyone was saying "he's staying". He was the man in charge of the stadium project. He got promoted. His ousting is less surprising.
But ghisolfi...he's said through the season he had rebuilt the scouting department from scratch, he chose Gasperini together with Ranieri. Nobody could think he was going.

Tomorrow is the day of Gasperini's first press conference. And it's likely ghisolfi won't be there. KGB style.

Maybe the new manager doesn't want to work with him.

 

[davek]

Sound like loose cannons this lot.

 

[Bryan+]

We sign Kyle Walker, we are no better off than we were under Kenwright, such a backward signing.

 

[davek]

I concede that Walker is like a Moyes era one signing when he turned to his real masters at OT for any old tat.

However, Walker would undoubtedly be a boost ahead of any RB we have at the club. He's not fall off a cliff ass some here would have you believe.

12 months contract is fine.

 

[14_dollars]

One thing is for sure - Roma is the number one priority for the Friedkin Group.

 

[orchard]

One thing is for sure - Roma is the number one priority for the Friedkin Group.

Based on what mate ? Dave doesn't count btw.

 

[Bally1989]

One thing is for sure - Roma is the number one priority for the Friedkin Group.

Well it won’t work out here for them if that becomes abundantly clear

 

[Bluelenny1984]

One thing is for sure - Roma is the number one priority for the Friedkin Group.

Not really given them a chance to show any real evidence either way, bit of an over the top reaction.

 

[Bally1989]

Not really given them a chance to show any real evidence either way, bit of an over the top reaction.

Yes there’s gut feelings and mine is inline with that but it’s based on nothing, we will soon find out though won’t we?