Because he's the hero
Ed Woodward has resigned from Manchester United | 2024: Returns to football
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Yeah,
From what I have just read, he was invlolved in discussing the project with other clubs, but had reservations all along but didn't voice them.
Although I cannot forgive the man for assisting the Glazers with their buyout and he has made a lot of rather dubious decisions, I have to commend him for at least showing a bit of integrity with this.
Nice of him to resign because he believed in the football pyramid. Rather unfortunate that he only found the principle to do so once the ESL plan that he'd been working on for three years had already fallen apart though. Particularly as, having already been reported as one of the key driving figures behind the move and described by the President of UEFA as a snake, it rather looked like he only resigned because the project he was centrally involved in turned into a shit-show failure.
But I'm glad the positive stories about him that have spontaneously appeared in the press since have told us the real story.
But I'm glad the positive stories about him that have spontaneously appeared in the press since have told us the real story.
Simon Stone is saying he resigned on Monday.
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Ed is a shithouse but he isnt an American based in the States. He knew this wouldn't work.
Id give him the benefit of the doubt over this but he is still a stain on the club
Id give him the benefit of the doubt over this but he is still a stain on the club
Ed ...fecking idiot
To be honest, how would they know? They were as seemingly as clueless as we were when the bomb landed.
Yh exactly. All these quotes coming out are absolute garbage now - very few people knew, all of those who did were keen to do it and now everyone’s saving face and passing the blame around.
The whole ‘Chelsea were never sure and didn’t want to do it’ should reflect on them even more poorly than someone like Perez who, at least, is honest about his greed. All clubs are equally culpable and all should be punished accordingly.
Came in here to say exactly this
I want to move on from this snake. Let him become nothing but a footnote.
This man is so shameless
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Boy, was the scout lucky you promoted him.
Some news reports are being circulated saying that Woodward resigned because he couldn’t get onside with the idea of a ESL.What a big joke!!
Neil Ashton and himself doing their best to not make him a scapegoat, which works perfectly fine with me as he's already resigned!
Some of the least believable spin since Saddam's communications director said "nothing to see here" as American tanks rolled past behind him.
Agent Woody. Your sacrifice will go unmarked. But those of us...
It’s nice to be able to hire PR people like Neil Ashton with friends in media.
“Guys I didn’t mean it! Honestly!”
“Guys I didn’t mean it! Honestly!”
I wouldn't be surprised if he had objected and Joel took charge directly. Do i give a shit? Nah not one bit glad he's gone.
I honestly dont care either way. He was a failure as CEO regardless.
And he was maintained there purely because he's the Glazers' patsy.
And he was maintained there purely because he's the Glazers' patsy.
Exactly. People saying it’s PR spin - to the benefit of whom? It certainly isn’t to the Glazers. We all thought he was resigning as he was going to be the scapegoat for the whole thing and blamed for it - that benefits them more.
Remember the little shadow behind Bruno’s head as he (and shaw and rashford) stuck his neck out to try and stop this? Woody. What a guy.
I thought Neil Ashton worked for united/glazers not Ed personally?
Either way - feck up Ed, so incompetent on the footballing side of things. Couldn’t give a toss for the fans.
Do they expect us to believe that an ex JP Morgan banker with no footballing background that helped crony capitalists 'buy' an iconic football club and riddle it with insurmountable amounts of debt, has finally drawn the line because the ESL violates the pyramid and sacred institution of English football? Get to feck you lackey, don't slam the door on your way out.
If that was the truth there's zero chance the resignation would've become public the day the super league fell apart, what a load of bollocks.
While I'd normally call total bullshit, I can't see why Lineker would stick up for him. That's rather wierd.
That said, he resigned from the ECA on Sunday so he must have known!
That said, he resigned from the ECA on Sunday so he must have known!
He was only in the european super league so he could get directions on how to get away from the european super league.
So we're meant to believe that the man who worked for JP Morgan, who brokered the deal for the Glazers to buy the club, who got his job at United with that deal, who resigned once the Super League started collapsing amid all the fan backlash... in fact only resigned because he didn't agree with it? OK there boss. Timing is everything.
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One of the guys who broke the story seems less than convinced too.
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Is that..... Max Branning?
They're probably friends.
He really is a twat.
Lineker and Woodward are friends. I have seen them out socially together in London twice
Comical Woody.
Very good!
According to the latest update re Woodward he claims he resigned because he realised that he had made a huge mistake in supporting the super league. The trouble is Eddie boy, you only seem to have realised this after the huge uproar, the fan protests, the threat of sanctions by EUFA, government intervention and after others had already pulled out. Not so much a case of Woodward falling on his sword as stabbing everybody involved in the back with it! What a truly dishonourable, untrustworthy and unprincipled piece of shite he is. Thank God we're shot of him.
Horrible man
Destroyed the club
Hope he’s properly gone soon
Destroyed the club
Hope he’s properly gone soon