Found this over on RAWK and thought it was great stuff.They sent this list to the media hoping that some will have the balls to try get some of the questions answered by the man himself when he's unveiling his new manager.
Dear Mr. Purslow,
Your appointment as Managing Director of Liverpool Football Club in July 2009, was officially reported as a temporary role until a long-term replacement for Rick Parry as Chief Executive is found.
One year later, could you confirm the following:
1. Are Odgers Berndtson still retained by the club in relation to filling the Chief Executive vacancy?
2. If so, how many candidates have been shortlisted and/or interviewed in the last 12 months?
3. If not, has another executive search company been appointed or is the position 'dormant' at present?
4. Is it true that if/when this appointment is made, despite remaining at the the club as a board director, you will cease to have any direct operational responsibility?
5. Do you expect to remain at the club in any capacity once the sale of the club eventually goes through? Do you realise that will not be countenanced by the fans?
In relation to the club's financial state and operational matters...
6. What happened to the significant investment you were tasked with obtaining for the club, and confirmed earlier this year as being "very likely (by) Easter"?
7. How do you account for that failure given Liverpool FC's high profile globally? Does it reflect on yourself or the club?
8. Are you able to explain why you feel empowered to make football-related decisions when you have zero experience in the industry, and were appointed solely on the basis of your financial background? Would you agree your primary remit was investment not asset-stripping?
9. Do you feel it is acceptable behaviour for a senior executive at a football club to privately brief hand-picked journalists to disseminate false information via the media, in order to further their own agenda to remove key employees and spin-doctor the financial realities of the club?
10. Why did you decide to terminate the employment of Rafa Benitez by paying out 7.32€m in lieu of the remainder of the length of his contract, when he was already having discussions with Internazionale who according to their owner Massimo Moratti, was prepared to pay an equivalent sum in compensation to Liverpool FC for Benitez's services? Moratti had, after all, just received a similar €8m from Real Madrid as compensation for the loss of Jose Mourinho.
11. Why having wasted that 7.32€m, did you and the board decide it prudent to appoint Roy Hodgson as the new manager, thus requiring the club to further pay in excess of 2.44€m in compensation to Fulham FC? Nonwithstanding Hodgson was clearly not the choice of a key member of the selection committee, and there were other far more suitable candidates available for the role who were out of contract.
12. You recently stated in relation to player transfers that "no-one leaves until a new manager is appointed". So given Hodgson's appointment, who can we look forward to selling now?
Dear Mr. Purslow,
Your appointment as Managing Director of Liverpool Football Club in July 2009, was officially reported as a temporary role until a long-term replacement for Rick Parry as Chief Executive is found.
One year later, could you confirm the following:
1. Are Odgers Berndtson still retained by the club in relation to filling the Chief Executive vacancy?
2. If so, how many candidates have been shortlisted and/or interviewed in the last 12 months?
3. If not, has another executive search company been appointed or is the position 'dormant' at present?
4. Is it true that if/when this appointment is made, despite remaining at the the club as a board director, you will cease to have any direct operational responsibility?
5. Do you expect to remain at the club in any capacity once the sale of the club eventually goes through? Do you realise that will not be countenanced by the fans?
In relation to the club's financial state and operational matters...
6. What happened to the significant investment you were tasked with obtaining for the club, and confirmed earlier this year as being "very likely (by) Easter"?
7. How do you account for that failure given Liverpool FC's high profile globally? Does it reflect on yourself or the club?
8. Are you able to explain why you feel empowered to make football-related decisions when you have zero experience in the industry, and were appointed solely on the basis of your financial background? Would you agree your primary remit was investment not asset-stripping?
9. Do you feel it is acceptable behaviour for a senior executive at a football club to privately brief hand-picked journalists to disseminate false information via the media, in order to further their own agenda to remove key employees and spin-doctor the financial realities of the club?
10. Why did you decide to terminate the employment of Rafa Benitez by paying out 7.32€m in lieu of the remainder of the length of his contract, when he was already having discussions with Internazionale who according to their owner Massimo Moratti, was prepared to pay an equivalent sum in compensation to Liverpool FC for Benitez's services? Moratti had, after all, just received a similar €8m from Real Madrid as compensation for the loss of Jose Mourinho.
11. Why having wasted that 7.32€m, did you and the board decide it prudent to appoint Roy Hodgson as the new manager, thus requiring the club to further pay in excess of 2.44€m in compensation to Fulham FC? Nonwithstanding Hodgson was clearly not the choice of a key member of the selection committee, and there were other far more suitable candidates available for the role who were out of contract.
12. You recently stated in relation to player transfers that "no-one leaves until a new manager is appointed". So given Hodgson's appointment, who can we look forward to selling now?
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