Christian Purslow joins Chelsea's board

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/10/chelsea-statement.html

Chelsea Football Club is pleased to announce that Christian Purslow is joining the club to run our global commercial activities. Mr Purslow's appointment is effective ‎immediately.

The club has ambitious plans to build the Premier League's most pioneering global commercial programme, partnering with innovative and market-leading organisations from around the world. The club believes Mr Purslow has the vision and the leadership qualities to help us achieve these plans.

‎Chelsea does not expect to announce any other senior appointments in the near future. As announced last week, Chairman Bruce Buck and Director Marina Granovskaia have assumed the executive responsibilities held by our former chief executive.

Replacing Gourlay with an ex-Liverpool managing director....

[jmarlow 458]

isnt he the mug who made Torres alot of promises and then left Liverpool which lead to Torres coming here!

[Iainrfc04 39]

Good appointment tbh. A guy who should be able to get some big deals negotiated and further improve our stature around the world

[DH1988 1,273]

Do not understand.

He sorted their kit sponsor which is all I remember? Interesting move, I thought Ron did a great job in bringing new sponsors in over the last few years.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Pissed off Torres? I like him already!

[Fulham Broadway 16,851]

Pops up on R5 now and again saying where clubs have gone wrong.

Was, and still is as far as I know, a Liverpool season ticket holder, and was part of the Hicks Gillete popular front.

Still hes not replacing Gourlay so hopefully steers clear of the football side of things.

[Styles 9,790]

Pops up on R5 now and again saying where clubs have gone wrong.

Was, and still is as far as I know, a Liverpool season ticket holder, and was part of the Hicks Gillete popular front.

Still hes not replacing Gourlay so hopefully steers clear of the football side of things.

Purslow's role has been made pretty clear in the club statement. He will have zero involvement on football stuff, and going by his track record at Liverpool that's a great thing!

[Madmax 9,219]

He hasn't joined the 'Board', technically.

[DH1988 1,273]

Meh, if he can secure commercial deals that outweight his salary and bonus scheme etc. then why not, Liverpool ticket holder or not, couldn't care just do not understand the appointment unless we are going full retard on sponsorship like United have done in the last few years (5 years+), not a bad thing, guess we'll see over the next few years!

[Fernando 6,463]

Interesting and weird appointment at the same time.

Well hope he does a good job nonetheless.

[Term-X 7,891]

Do not understand.

He sorted their kit sponsor which is all I remember? Interesting move, I thought Ron did a great job in bringing new sponsors in over the last few years.

Shame he fucked up with the Turkish airlines deal, it was obvious he was going after that.

[DH1988 1,273]

Really? How so? Not a dig just curious until we see the official numbers.

[Term-X 7,891]

Really? How so? Not a dig just curious until we see the official numbers.

You don't really have to be Sherlock Holmes to work it out. There was something comedic like a £3m difference between the new one and the Samsung deal. No progression..

[Viper22 2,418]

Tbh this is probably going to be a good appointment in the long run. He's being hired purely to get sponsorship money in and get us better deals than we have been getting previously (Turkish Airlines >.<).

He's only a businessman and only getting involved with the business side of the club, so it's more than irrelevant that he's ex-Liverpool. Kinda hope it's not too late and nothing has been signed yet and he's been brought in soon enough to sort our shirt sponsor out for next season, so we don't have to have Turkish Airlines for comparative peanuts compared to our rivals.

[DH1988 1,273]

You don't really have to be Sherlock Holmes to work it out. There was something comedic like a £3m difference between the new one and the Samsung deal. No progression..

Where are the official numbers? Link please, Mr.Holmes.