Meeting with Kenwright - Highlights Not in Press

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chicoazul said:
Broken link that mate, what is it?
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sorry mate. in full.Dave Prentice: Keith Harris – a man whose modus operandi is nothing to write home aboutby David Prentice, Liverpool Echo Aug 19 2011 “I’VE got a new buyer for the Reds,” said Seymour Pierce consultant Keith Harris exactly two years ago this week.He hadn’t.Two years earlier he declared: “As regards the sale of Everton, there are certainly grounds for optimism. It’s a terrific club.”We’re still waiting. There has to be a more efficient way of selling a football club than using a man who immediately makes you think of a duck.The tale related by the Blue Union’s meeting with Bill Kenwright last week simply underlines that fact.Here’s a snippet: Bill, “Of course Keith Harris is involved….Keith Harris is involved on a daily basis.Bill went on to tell a story concerning Keith Harris; he’d put forward two guys who, in his opinion, were suitable potential owners of Everton Football Club. Harris claimed the two guys controlled a hedge fund; one was the head of ICI in the Far East and a second an inventor. They conducted due diligence and Everton were ready to sign an agreement when Bill smelt a rat; investigators discovered that ICI had never heard of the person concerned, he actually lived in a one bedroom flat, and the second guy, the inventor, was based in Manchester.That brings to mind a quote I’ve used on this page before, but it bears repeating. It was uttered by Manchester United chief executive David Gill.“Keith Harris will go anywhere that there’s a bit of publicity around. That’s his modus operandi, but his track record in football isn’t anything to write home about.” So why is he still being used by Everton?
 
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sorry mate. in full.Dave Prentice: Keith Harris – a man whose modus operandi is nothing to write home aboutby David Prentice, Liverpool Echo Aug 19 2011 “I’VE got a new buyer for the Reds,” said Seymour Pierce consultant Keith Harris exactly two years ago this week.He hadn’t.Two years earlier he declared: “As regards the sale of Everton, there are certainly grounds for optimism. It’s a terrific club.”We’re still waiting. There has to be a more efficient way of selling a football club than using a man who immediately makes you think of a duck.The tale related by the Blue Union’s meeting with Bill Kenwright last week simply underlines that fact.Here’s a snippet: Bill, “Of course Keith Harris is involved….Keith Harris is involved on a daily basis.Bill went on to tell a story concerning Keith Harris; he’d put forward two guys who, in his opinion, were suitable potential owners of Everton Football Club. Harris claimed the two guys controlled a hedge fund; one was the head of ICI in the Far East and a second an inventor. They conducted due diligence and Everton were ready to sign an agreement when Bill smelt a rat; investigators discovered that ICI had never heard of the person concerned, he actually lived in a one bedroom flat, and the second guy, the inventor, was based in Manchester.That brings to mind a quote I’ve used on this page before, but it bears repeating. It was uttered by Manchester United chief executive David Gill.“Keith Harris will go anywhere that there’s a bit of publicity around. That’s his modus operandi, but his track record in football isn’t anything to write home about.” So why is he still being used by Everton?
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fecking unbelievable, no wonder we're becoming a laughing stock. When all clubs around us seem to be bought and sold with ease, admittedly not all have been good deals for the clubs i wonder what criteria we are actually searching for in investors, does BK just want another evertonian on board for the good of the club. Football is a massive massive global sport, the premier league is at the pinnacle of this and we are a top half established club. All the money men sem to want to be part of this as it can also establish potential owners/investors own 'brand' with naming rights etc. I am just at a loss as to why absolutely nobody wants any part of us it astounds me.
 
Good piece by Prentice for once. I suppose he's trying to reposition himself and get back onside again after his summer of woes with Evertonians.

Laughing at the Echo's comment today regarding how poor the Blue Union are in forcing the agenda by publishing Bill's own words. If they did their job properly those three lads wouldn't have had to pay their way to sit in Kenwright's offices in London to ask questions in the first place.
 

Baines's left foot said:
Just sell Everton for £1 Kenwright, Earl etc... I'm sure there would be some interest then.

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If he was the Evertonian he claims to be , and he's the only chairman who doesn't take a salary it would make sense too , only his number 1 aim as we know is to get a big major profit otherwise every man woman and dog knows he'd have sold the club a long time ago
 
ToffeeBlueNose said:
fecking unbelievable, no wonder we're becoming a laughing stock. When all clubs around us seem to be bought and sold with ease, admittedly not all have been good deals for the clubs i wonder what criteria we are actually searching for in investors, does BK just want another evertonian on board for the good of the club. Football is a massive massive global sport, the premier league is at the pinnacle of this and we are a top half established club. All the money men sem to want to be part of this as it can also establish potential owners/investors own 'brand' with naming rights etc. I am just at a loss as to why absolutely nobody wants any part of us it astounds me.
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I doubt BK has ever seriously considered ANY bid for the club,sorry but to me he loves the attention of it all,good or bad becuase i'm sorry i simply do not beleive that there's been no resonable offers for the club and as for this nonsense about wanting an evertionian to take over is utter B0llocks it just wont happen and excuse for him to cling on limpet like to our glourious club.

We have our very own Doug Ellis installed sadly and look how long it took Villa to shift him
 
Bill talks about £5m per year net spend during Moyes's 9 year reign. When was the last time we had that sort of money? Here are our balance sheets.

11/12 +£2.04m
10/11 +£3.78m
09/10 +£4.43m
08/09 -£9.92m
07/08 -£16.14m
06/07 -£13.55m
05/06 -£22.46m
04/05 +£25.36m
03/04 -£2.71m
02/03 -£9.9m

Total -£39.07m divided by 10 seasons= £3.90m per season. That actually surprises me. I'd have thought we'd have broken even during Moyes's tenure, but we're actually not too far from the £5m per season investment that Bill claimed.

Source: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/everton-fc/transfers-alle/verein_29.html
 
If the Echo actually produced journalistic articles instead of fawning paper-mache filler pieces maybe Evertonians would buy it occasionally.
 

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