Instead, Companies House recorded over 20 dissolved businesses, several with compulsory strike-off orders. In April of this year, Morgans was interviewed by SciSports.com where he spoke in great detail about the use of data analytics in football.
Indeed, work has been progressing behind the scenes at Campbell's Markell Group, where a team of football experts - including renowned talent spotter John Park and former Ivory Coast assistant manager Ryland Morgans - have been assembled should he eventually take charge somewhere. Executive director Charlie Methven said: "We expect a resolution or some clarity before the end of June and in time for pre-season. Highly effective team leader who brings to a changing regulatory environment first-hand operational experience overseeing risk management and compliance around the globe. But Campbell - who splits his time between New York and Kent - has made no secret of his desire to invest in British football. A thoroughly interesting character, Ryland Morgans is currently the assistant manager of the Cote d’Ivoire national team according to his Twitter account. The WMS thread also named several figures said to be associated with Campbell’s bid, which has yet been unable to provide proof of funds - instead being reliant on attracting US investors. Who is Mark Campbell?
Having worked closely with the likes of Brendan Rodgers at both Swansea and Liverpool where he was the head of performance, and Sam Allardyce at Crystal Palace and Everton as the performance director with tactical and technical responsibilities, Morgans is well respected in the world of football. Here is all you need to know about Campbell. The real estate businessman was involved in lengthy talks with Stewart Donald over a deal last summer and was visible at the training ground, before talks collapsed following the due diligence stage. "So it remains a possibility that Stewart will stay in control and nothing will change. It has been reported that Campbell wants to install former Celtic chief scout John Park as Sunderland's new director of football. It must be stressed we signed a lot of bad players during his nine years. None of his six current UK companies were more than fifteen months old, so none had yet filed accounts. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Sunderland insist they are still talking to other parties but the report states Campbell is the only serious contender left in the race. Adept at interfacing with stakeholders, aligning people with strategic goals, and building consensus. The Mail Online report that the British investor will acquire a 74 per cent stake in the club, buying 64 per cent of current owner Stewart Donald’s stake and 10 per cent of Juan Sartori’s. There were certain components of the deal at the end that weren’t going to work for the club. They also explained that he was unlikely to have operated as a NY broker, due to the visa requirements, qualifying criteria and timescales involved in gaining a licence. These players were subsequently sold on at large profits, though a Roker Report interview with Celtic’s Grand Auld Team Podcast last year offered another view: There’s absolutely no doubt some of the players brought to Celtic Park during his nine years at the club were smash hits, but we were also notoriously scatter gun in our transfer approach, with a running joke amongst fans being that we never sign a first-team ready player, only ‘projects’. The ratio of good to bad signings was definitely not as impressive as supporters would have liked. Two weeks later the MSG met with Campbell, who reportedly explained that he had sold his Australian business prior to its demise. In his latest blog for Roker Report, BBC Newcastle’s Nick Barnes discusses the beginning of a strange season, Sunderland’s decent start and the questions fans demanded he ask manager Phil Parkinson!
Rangers and West Brom also approached Park to work as a chief scout and academy manager respectively. The expectations of supporters of someone in a recruitment role are probably always unrealistic, so while there’s disappointment we could have possibly been so much more during his time here, I definitely recognise he did a decent job at Celtic.