How Leeds United are replacing Angus Kinnear

How Leeds United plan to replace departing chief executive Angus Kinnear

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00:00We've had confirmation now that Angus Kinnear, the Chief Executive of Leeds, will be leaving

00:10at the end of the season. Peter McCormick, who has previous roles with the Premier League,

00:16is coming in, or has come in, in some capacity. Graeme, can you tell us a little bit more

00:20about that, what the lay of the land is with the Chief Executive position at Leeds and

00:25whether there will be a replacement directly for Angus?

00:31I suspect there probably will be, but they're in a position where they feel like they've

00:36got time to really review the structure and what they want it to look like before they

00:40make a decision on whether or not to replace directly. McCormick is more of an advisor,

00:48more of a conciliary. He'll be stood at Parag Muratti's shoulder, whispering conspiratorially

00:55into his ear as Parag's enemies gather to meet around the table. He's obviously vastly

01:02experienced legal background, Leeds United background as well, has been a director, has

01:08been a chair of the FA and a chair of the Premier League and been on numerous panels,

01:14has expertise in FFP and owner and director's tests, things like that. Useful man to have

01:21around. I think I'm not wrong in saying he's advised Leeds on a couple of things in the

01:26past, in the not-so-distant past, and they've brought him in to kind of work alongside Angus

01:35for this period, this kind of transitionary period. And then Angus will head off to his

01:42new job at Everton and then Leeds will, in the summer I think, make their move as to

01:46whether they're going to replace like-for-like or whether they're going to appoint internally,

01:52which I could also see.