Daley Quits As United Commercial Chief

In a shock move, Lee Daley, the former chief executive of advertising agency
Saatchi & Saatchi, has left his role as commercial director at Manchester
United after only four months in the job.

The Old Trafford club’s chief executive David Gill confirmed Daley’s
departure in a statement adding that the decision had been taken by ‘mutual
consent’ of both parties.

Daley only took up the post at United in mid-April after resigning from
Saatchi & Saatchi in February.

He had replaced previous incumbent Andy Anson who had left United to take up
the role of chief executive at world men’s tennis tour the ATP.

Daley had sat on the United board alongside Gill and new chief operating
officer Michael Bolingbroke with the rest of the directors made up of members of
US owners the Glazer family.

Daley’s appointment had come despite media speculation that British Airways
commercial director Martin George had been earmarked for the post.