Hallelujah!
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TheBlueGibbon
Player Valuation: £40m
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/13/everton-ceo-robert-elstone-super-league-rugby
The Everton CEO, Robert Elstone, is set to return to rugby league after being approached to take up a role as the head of Super League.
Elstone has been prioritised by the 12 clubs as the standout candidate to oversee the competition moving forward, after they were impressed by both his experience in rugby league and other sports. No deal has yet been signed, it is understood, but it is thought the clubs are confident of tempting Elstone away from Everton and back to a sport with which he has had significant experience in the past.
Elstone has been heavily involved in Everton’s plans to relocate to a new stadium at Bramley Moore dock and his departure would come at a delicate time with financing and planning for the stadium yet to be secured.
The 54-year-old has been at Everton since 2005, having previously held a position on the board of Super League side Castleford Tigers. He was also previously employed by the Rugby Football League, and is regarded as one of the key figures in the creation of Super League in the mid-1990s.
Elstone, though, would rejoin rugby league at an interesting time. The 12 clubs were successful in a quest for more power over the winter, having formed their own board which saw them in sole control of their own destiny - effectively breaking out from the RFL.
With the sport’s lucrative broadcast deal with Sky set to expire at the end of 2021, Elstone would play a key role in renegotiation discussions – which are likely to begin as early as this year – if his return to rugby league is, as expected, completed in the coming weeks.
His previous experience in the sport resulted in him being almost immediately linked to the chief executive’s role at the RFL, which is still vacant following the departure of Nigel Wood at the beginning of this year. Elstone could still potentially do both roles, though: as Wood himself was also on the Super League board before he stepped down.
Fingers crossed.
All we seem to get are rumours. I want to here something concrete, in his case, slippers would be ideal.
Bob Elstone
Player Valuation: £35m
Best news we’ve had in years.
He’s a small time appointment.
Calling out the mayor in public. His whole strategy to wait for investment to land on his doorstep. Kitbag deal. Poor sponsorship. Kirkby.
Cannot wait to see the back of him.
He’s a small time appointment.
Calling out the mayor in public. His whole strategy to wait for investment to land on his doorstep. Kitbag deal. Poor sponsorship. Kirkby.
Cannot wait to see the back of him.
If true......................
If it's true, it'll be one less shield for Moshiri to hide behind. There's been a lot of talk about the old guard holding him back, this will be a big chance for him to make a massive appointment and catapult us into a different stratosphere. Let's see if that happens.
SpongeBob brown shoes
Player Valuation: £40m
I think this is more Moshiri moving the old board on, it ties in with this 2 year agreement when he first came in and Kenwright selling the rest of his shares, I just hope it's some big Uzbeki who's waiting to step in
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