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Ok - we're all fed up with the lack of billionaires queueing up to buy Everton, what say you to us going out on e-bay? (Anything that would piss Agent Johnson off must be a good thing?) If you had the chance to advertise Everton, what would be your selling point?
Former Everton chairman Johnson furious about Tranmere insult.......
The company that put English soccer club Tranmere Rovers up for sale on eBay has confirmed it did so without the knowledge of Peter Johnson, the club’s owner and former chairman of Premier League soccer club Everton.
Dornoch Capital Advisors, which was appointed by Johnson to find investors in the club, posted the advert on the online auction site with a US$10 million price tag. Johnson was swift to denounce the move, describing himself as furious.
“One has to think of supporters and the ability to run the club,” he insisted. “Putting it on eBay is not the right way of doing it and we would certainly have not let them if they’d asked us, so we’re pretty furious.”
The agency, though, insists the move was part of a planned strategy. “It was done to create buzz and publicity surrounding the sale and get Tranmere onto people’s radar over here in the US,” said Joe Kosich, Dornoch’s co-founder. “To that extent it has worked. We are attracting publicity in the US and the UK and I have had contacts and e-mails from people who saw the eBay listing before it was withdrawn and now want to know more about Tranmere. I could not have asked for more publicity and buzz about Tranmere than we are getting right now.”
Gerry Quinn, Posted 31/07/2009 at 10:00:40
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1 Posted 31/07/2009 at 18:26:32
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if you want to get on his nerves try telling his bezzie Bill to pass a rude message on next time you see him talking crap about how much he loves the blues!