Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU) have started to adapt to a new future for English football.
It cost Tuesday DBU-executive director for almost five years, Claus Bretton-Meyer, job.
The fired director gets praise on the way of the president Jesper Møller, however, the board believes that the DBU is a different place now than few months ago.
Claus was hired to do change management, and he has some very strong powers to.
– We have implemented political reforms, and we have got long-term landsholdsaftaler in place for the men, women and U21, which give us a commercial platform, as we now need to develop on.
– So we are in a new situation, and we believe that the time has come for a new profile, says Jesper Møller.
Claus Bretton-Meyer is again this year nominated for this year’s cod.
Claus Bretton-Meyer’s period in the DBU has been marked by many fights with Spillerforeningen and disagreements about the terms of playing on the Danish national team.
the Dispute led in 2017 to cancellations of matches for the Danish defense can also touch, while the DBU in the fall may provide a vikarlandshold in a friendly match against Slovakia on herresiden.
Jesper Møller declare themselves very satisfied with the work, as the Bretton-Meyer has done.
– He has many skills, otherwise, had we not hired him.
– He is strong to drive a strategic process through and create a balance between revenue and expenditure, and so he has been working to expand our commercial platform, ” says the president.
Monday was Claus Bretton-Meyer to know that the board believed that there was a another profile for, before the news was blown out to the public on Tuesday morning.
Photo: Lars Poulsen
– Normally I am humorous landscaped, but it has been hard for me to be here to talk with Claus. But he has taken it very professionally.
– I’ve been in English football for 25 years, so there are some ceos, coaches and others who have gone through the revolving door.
– I will never get used to on a personal level. However, I am happy for the way he has taken it, says Jesper Møller.
in march, the DBU’s board of governors to select a new board of directors, which at the same time, being reformed at several points. Among other things, cut the board from 16 to 7 members.
Reformeringerne also means that DBU organisation soon face a new place, and it has also had an influence on the dismissal of the Bretton-Meyer.
– We keep track of our agreements, organisation and economy, and it provides us with a historic opportunity to bring English football in the next five to ten years, and we want to exploit, says Jesper Møller.
Temporarily replaced the Bretton-Meyer of deputy director Kenneth Reeh. At the same time, launched a study that should clarify the profile of the next director should have.
– We are inspired by what is happening in the world of football in general. In some places management is shared between the fodboldmæssige, the political/administrative and the commercial branch. We will take our time to investigate.
– It requires in our view a different profile, ” says Jesper Møller.
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