February 18 – Manchester United are to nominate Paris Saint-Germain’s chief income officer, Marc Armstrong, as their new chief enterprise officer within the coming weeks, in response to media in each nations.
The Athletic and L’Equipe have reported that he’ll concentrate on enhancing the Premier League membership’s income by their day-to-day industrial operations.
On this new place, Armstrong, who labored with United director Jean-Claude Blanc whereas the pair have been at PSG, will work intently with United CEO Omar Berrada, who has overseen the membership’s industrial actions since becoming a member of from Manchester Metropolis in January 2024. He can even collaborate with Sir Dave Brailsford, Jason Wilcox and Collette Roche on the membership’s footballing construction.
United stay one of many greatest manufacturers in world soccer, however they’ve suffered years of decline, with poor outcomes on the sphere and instability within the boardroom. New co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has responded by instigating a sequence of austerity measures, together with a number of rounds of employees dismissals.
Armstrong has served as PSG’s chief income officer since June 2022, having initially joined the Ligue 1 champions in 2018. His intensive expertise additionally contains govt roles on the NBA, NFL and England’s Soccer Affiliation.
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