Daniel Levy - Former Chairman

[P.D.]

Incredible that we still don't know if this actually happened, seems like it didn't but the story must have some legs.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

Incredible that we still don't know if this actually happened, seems like it didn't but the story must have some legs.

Isn't that Tech Bro known as abit of a bullsh1tter

 

[SissokoWasGood (BoL)]

They very possibly had a succession plan in place with Paratici taking over negotiations starting in the Jan window.

However, if the plan was to fire Levy, and not let him voluntarily give up his responsibilities, then I doubt they would’ve let him negotiate 150 mil of transfers in last summer’s window. Purely conjecture but the math adds up better than if they were planning to fire him all along.

I actually made a similar point a few weeks ago. I think DL majorly screwed up in the summer and they removed him.

I don’t know it for sure of course, but it’s the only thing that makes sense to me. When DL was initially sacked, I thought that it must have been VV had known all along, and it was an all time great corporate skullduggery. But that’s actually too crazy.

I think hiring VV was to gradually take over the running of the day to day, keep DL in the family as a ceremonial leader who could think about the club’s ’long term interests’, and transition him out of executive responsibility. I also thought at the time we were clearly ‘moving differently’ as a club last summer. We were bidding bigger money on players and competing with clubs we don’t usually compete with, and doing business a lot earlier. And clearly offering higher wages up and down our scale.

I don’t think it gets fully appreciated how utterly embarrassing the MGW and Eze deals were to the club. I think DL was too involved, tried too many of his old tricks. And showed that he actually couldn’t operate at the altitude the club needed to fly at to truly contend with the other top clubs. And that showed that having DL in any position of responsibility whatsoever was going to lead to misalignment at the top.

I can’t know it for sure but it’s the only thing that makes sense with removing him right after the transfer window. There’s no way they would have allowed him to have such responsibility through the summer if they knew they were booting him. I think he majorly screwed up and they decided to get rid. Which unfortunately had a second order effect of plunging the club into more transition that it needed and almost getting relegated…

I’m not sure who the Lewis family trust on football to have a different perspective on how to run the club than DL. Where are they getting their advice from? Either way, I’m actually happy for them to see through their building and see how it goes. Because I do think they’re doing the right things to actually compete, in terms of moving quickly on players and offering higher wages.

 

[Ace Face]

I actually made a similar point a few weeks ago. I think DL majorly screwed up in the summer and they removed him.

I don’t know it for sure of course, but it’s the only thing that makes sense to me. When DL was initially sacked, I thought that it must have been VV had known all along, and it was an all time great corporate skullduggery. But that’s actually too crazy.

I think hiring VV was to gradually take over the running of the day to day, keep DL in the family as a ceremonial leader who could think about the club’s ’long term interests’, and transition him out of executive responsibility. I also thought at the time we were clearly ‘moving differently’ as a club last summer. We were bidding bigger money on players and competing with clubs we don’t usually compete with, and doing business a lot earlier. And clearly offering higher wages up and down our scale.

I don’t think it gets fully appreciated how utterly embarrassing the MGW and Eze deals were to the club. I think DL was too involved, tried too many of his old tricks. And showed that he actually couldn’t operate at the altitude the club needed to fly at to truly contend with the other top clubs. And that showed that having DL in any position of responsibility whatsoever was going to lead to misalignment at the top.

I can’t know it for sure but it’s the only thing that makes sense with removing him right after the transfer window. There’s no way they would have allowed him to have such responsibility through the summer if they knew they were booting him. I think he majorly screwed up and they decided to get rid. Which unfortunately had a second order effect of plunging the club into more transition that it needed and almost getting relegated…

I’m not sure who the Lewis family trust on football to have a different perspective on how to run the club than DL. Where are they getting their advice from? Either way, I’m actually happy for them to see through their building and see how it goes. Because I do think they’re doing the right things to actually compete, in terms of moving quickly on players and offering higher wages.

I agree 100%.

I can easily envisage an internal transfer window/squad review being very scathing of Levy's handling, leading to the conclusion that he had taken us as far as he could, and thus his exit.