David Gill
David Gill
David Alan Gillis British football executive, formerly chief executive of Manchester United and a vice-chairman of The Football Association. He served as vice-chairman of the G-14 management committee until the G-14 was disbanded. He sits on the UEFA Executive Committee as of 2013. Gill was elected as a FIFA Vice-President sitting on the FIFA Council in 2015; rejecting this position in protest at Sepp Blatter until Blatter announced his resignation as FIFA President, following the 2015 FIFA corruption case...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth5 August 1957
Our plans were to bid for the player (Rooney) in summer 2005, but Newcastle United's bid and Everton's subsequent interest in selling him, forced us to accelarate our plans or risk losing him,
A lot of them want to come and play for Manchester United. They want to play because Alex has a record of giving youth a chance and we have the history and heritage of Manchester United.
They're called signal lights. They are kind of provocative because they are always telling you something.
Alex will remain in charge next season. Why would we change a winning team? These are exciting times for Manchester United. We have just announced a record-breaking sponsorship deal, we're in the process of increasing the stadium capacity to 76,000 and the team is making great strides on the field. The manager is a key part of that and his future is not up for discussion.
Are we going to make traffic better? Probably not. We are going to try to minimize the impact outside the midtown area, plus we're working on an existing street grid so there's lots of ways to get in and out.
As a Premier League club, we want a successful England team and the competitions they play in increase football's popularity around the world,
As a result we have now spent next summer's transfer budget unless players are disposed of to realise cash for re-investment.
This is actually a very healthy situation. Some counties operate with just a one percent contingency.
Kieran Richardson played for England last summer in Chicago and did very well but views himself as an England player and comes in and wants more money. I don't buy the argument that international appearances add value to a player - they come in and ask for more money. We are not a selling club and we seldom sell international players.
I would think if he gets convicted of something there may be some changes. We still go by innocent until proven guilty.
If it should creep towards 60 percent that would become a major concern.
Namely the manager will assess what he believes a player is worth and he will discuss that with the board and then we will go after that target. If we can achieve it at that target, great, but if we can't we will have to move on to the next player.
As a club, Manchester United are very supportive of the collective agreement.
The FA Cup is important to everyone at the club. We have a great record in it and we want to win a trophy.