Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Not sure he can afford it.

[Tuscans]

"Do you know who is taking over from you"

Heck, "No, I wasn't involved in that but I will say one thing, be kind to him, it's a fucking tough job"

[Brazilian Villain]

"Do you know who is taking over from you"

Heck, "No, I wasn't involved in that but I will say one thing, be kind to him, it's a fucking tough job"

He must have met Villan82 at the awards dinner. *winky thing*

[Hookeysmith]

"Do you know who is taking over from you"

Heck, "No, I wasn't involved in that but I will say one thing, be kind to him, it's a fucking tough job"

Fair play to him - he is not wrong

[Louzie0]

The list of things that he gave in his speech as achievements and changes (and he credited the hard work of  his team of staff) included the go ahead for Witton station and North Stand changes, which have been hampering expansion for some years, going by all the related posts in here.

The Club needs to guarantee income on a much bigger scale than before he came and he was given the task to make that happen. I’d say overall he has succeeded and that the success of Unai and the team has helped!

I know the ticketing system remains an issue for good reasons, so perhaps that’s an area for the new person to tackle and refine.

[jwarry]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/570142212407140?fs=e&fs=e

[ChicagoLion]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/570142212407140?fs=e&fs=e

tired and emotional.

[FrankyH]

His Mom needs to let his trousers down an inch or two.

[Des Little]

His Mom needs to let his trousers down an inch or two.

His Mom let us all down in some way or another.

[Somniloquism]

Interesting the comments on "I expected to be here longer". Does that mean he did a job they wanted, but pissed off the owners in some way so they let him go?

I suppose the LIV contract pays far more then we ever could though so maybe it was that job coming up sooner then expected and / or decided to jump ship elsewhere when it looked like not being in Europe would derail his revenue gains.

[pauliewalnuts]

Interesting the comments on "I expected to be here longer". Does that mean he did a job they wanted, but pissed off the owners in some way so they let him go?

I suppose the LIV contract pays far more then we ever could though so maybe it was that job coming up sooner then expected and / or decided to jump ship elsewhere when it looked like not being in Europe would derail his revenue gains.

He’d have given his notice long before being able to judge being in Europe or not.

Maybe he just misses his family? There doesn’t have to be some nefarious reason for him wanting to go.

[PeterWithe]

And I reckon he was on a massive bonus for getting to his target of £400m turnover, we got there earlier because of CL qualification and he was always going to go after achieving that.

[paul_e]

Could be that he was always intended to be the 'bad news' hire to do all the unpopular things and get them out of the way so the board and his replacement could have a 'clean' relationship with the fans. 3 seasons of European football on the bounce has clearly let us push things further and faster than we might have expected when he joined so all the stuff they wanted him there for is done and both sides agreed it was good timing for him to step away.

He's right that it's a tough job though, there's a really difficult mindset around the fans of a lot of football clubs of wanting success but not liking a lot of the financial and commercial decisions that have to happen to get there. I don't blame the fans for that but I do think Heck in particular has been demonised by some people to an insane degree.

[Stu82]

And I reckon he was on a massive bonus for getting to his target of £400m turnover, we got there earlier because of CL qualification and he was always going to go after achieving that.

Not sure he hit his target, heard that turnover will be about £370m.
Still impressive growth due to Unai and the team.

[paul_e]

And I reckon he was on a massive bonus for getting to his target of £400m turnover, we got there earlier because of CL qualification and he was always going to go after achieving that.

Not sure he hit his target, heard that turnover will be about £370m.
Still impressive growth due to Unai and the team.

On here we've talked a lot about £400m but €400m seems to be mentioned a lot elsewhere and makes more sense if the aim of all the revenue growth is to meet the UEFA requirements.