Originally posted by zocoss:
[b]Glazers' United give loyal Gill
£200,000 rise
David Gill's loyalty to the Glazer family was richly rewarded last
year with a pay rise of almost £200,000. Manchester United's
accounts for the year ending June 2006, lodged today at Companies
House, reveal that the chief executive received £1,138,000 in
salary for the year with a pension top-up of £142,000, a total of
£1,280,000. This represents a significant increase on his package
for the previous year, when he received around £1.1m in salary and
pension.
The handsome rise puts Gill on a par with Chelsea's Peter Kenyon in
football's executive pay scale, though it is more modest than some
had predicted. Gill defied predictions that he would be forced out
by the new owners and has been a crucial figure in stabilising the
club following the June 2005 takeover. He has an amicable working
relationship with Joel Glazer, acting as a bridge to the manager,
Sir Alex Ferguson, a relationship cited by sources at the club as a
contributory factor in their current good form.
Gill will focus almost entirely on football issues when the current
executive recruitment round is complete. The commercial director,
Andy Anson, and finance director, Nick Humby, leave the club today,
and Humby will be replaced by a chief operating officer who will
take over all of Gill's current responsibilities save for
governance and football matters.
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I think he is given 200K increase, out of the 20M he saved from
OwenH's deal..
Other than giving out broken promises, basically, I do not see any
improvement on the field.
I hope someone can kick him on the butt, and realign his focus to
be on the field where the 11 players are, and not on commerical
markets.
if your team is good, people will come. If you are not a fancied
team, even if you go to China, people will still prefer other teams
with richer traditions.
