The talk in football

Standard Sport13 April 2012
Mystery is solved as PR job points to Chelsea

We know Roman Abramovich is a slightly mysterious figure, but an advert in various recruitment sections of newspapers is adding to the allure. The ad invites applications for a top press and PR job but does not reveal the name of the company. The last line says an "interest in football and knowledge of Russian" are desirable. A bit of a giveaway that one. Even more strangely, a company name is given with a PO Box number. The name, BUSTER, we can reveal, is linked to Chelsea's mail-order business.

Truth of Royal rumour

On the subject of such jobs, Talk can put an end to the rumour that Manchester United's director of communications Paddy Harverson, who is leaving to work with Prince Charles in a similar capacity, will, in fact, jump ship soon after and join his old boss, Peter Kenyon
at Stamford Bridge.

Davis still on the move

Sean Davis's on-off £5million move to Everton could be back on again when the transfer window opens in January. The midfielder is desperate to leave Loftus Road and almost joined the Merseysiders last summer but the transfer collapsed due to a knee injury. David Moyes remains a big fan and is rumoured to be generating funds for a renewed bid by selling striker Tomasz Radzinski to Blackburn for £3m.

Spurs fans getting Board

As the turmoil continues in the Tottenham boardroom, Spurs fans have decided to take matters into their own hands with a scheme designed to give them a greater say in how the club are run. The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust want to form an umbrella group of smaller shareholders whose combined holdings could add up to a significant stake. Anyone interested can find more information on the trust's website: www.tottenhamtrust.com.

Road works for Bell plan

And finally . . . it seems the Colin Bell furore with Manchester City over the naming of one of the stands at their new stadium goes on. City bizarrely pulled the plug on the idea, despite unanimous support, because they feared Manchester United fans would give it a phallic nickname using the more traditional word "end" to describe the stand behind one of the goals. It was never City's intention to officially call it the "something End", but their chairman John Wardle and chief executive met an extremely unhappy Bell and his wife last week to try and resolve the dispute. It now appears the City legend will have an approach road to the ground named after him instead.

Contact us at: talkinfootball@standard.co.uk

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