[情報] 歡迎新任主席 - Bruce Buck 訪談 (下)
How hard is that in London?
It’s hard because it is very important that we get a facility where
the players do not have to drive an hour, an hour-and-a-half to get to. Most
of them live in Central London or Barnes; we’d like to find a facility that
is 20 minutes or half-an-hour away. It’s London, it’s difficult to find
these kinds of areas and it’s also difficult to get planning permission in
theses areas, which is fair enough. We’ve got three, maybe four different
things going on in tandem, and hopefully one of them will reach fruition and
we will be able to tell you exactly what we are doing. It’s probably the
most important football related project that we are working on.
Is there a time? Is there an agenda?
As soon as possible, I mean that is the agenda. Unfortunately, if you
start from scratch it’s probably two or three years away, so it would be
helpful if we could find something where we could renovate into a proper
facility.
In the mean time it’s upgrading Harlington and using what we can use
at Cobham?
Correct.
Let’s look at what Peter Kenyon is going to try and achieve, you
touched on that. How will the work of Chelsea change worldwide?
Peter, besides being a football man, is a marketing man. And he is going
to look at all the TV rights, all those kind of things, the video, and the
web, whatever. And also figuring out a way to make this brand a profitable
brand around the globe. He has some ideas and we have only talked to him
briefly about them. But he is going to need some time to understand what is
going on around here generally and then to build a strategy around that for
the future. I’m sure you will be interviewing him regularly and he’ll be
able to give progress on what those plans are. But there is not a business
plan right now that exists, that is something that Peter will be doing in
his first few weeks here.
Is this perhaps the most crucial period now since Roman has taken over
because it is the beginning of the future?
To a certain extent, yes. Peter coming on board was announced in August,
beginning of September. We would have hoped that he would’ve come on board
much more promptly than he has but that was delayed by virtue of his
contractual restrictions with Manchester United and our ability to strike a
deal with Manchester United as to when Peter could come on board. And
February 1st, was the day, so in a certain sense over the last couple of
months with respect to the non-football activities, we have been treading
water. So now Peter is here and as Peter would say: “It’s the new Chelsea,
let’s move forward.”
There has been a lot of publicity about what the new reign of Chelsea
expects us to achieve this season. What do you expect us to achieve?
As a fan, I would like to win something. As chairman it is really not
for me to say but we have our fingers crossed.
Are you enjoying it? Are you enjoying the football?
Oh yes it is great. I think what is interesting for me personally is to
see football from the inside. It is really quite interesting; there are some
really wonderful people involved in the game. I have had a chance to spend a
lot of time with Dave Richards and other Premier League officials and they
really know what they are doing. I think they have a good approach. They are
very interested in doing charitable things and things for the community. So
are we by the way, that is going to be an important part of moving forward
for Chelsea, helping the community. And having our players contribute to the
community. Yes it has been very, very interesting and I’ve really enjoyed it.
And everybody has seen how much Roman Abramovich has enjoyed the football
and the whole of Chelsea. How much do you feel he’s enjoyed it and how long
a ride is he set for?
Well he really enjoys it. There is no doubt about it; you can see the
smile on his face, at least on winning days. And he spends a lot of time
talking to us about it. It’s not like he’s here for Saturday afternoon and
then he doesn’t think about it. He thinks about it a lot. He is very much
involved in discussions with Claudio and players and things like that. So he
is really involved and he is learning too. He’s learning a lot about
football and I think he enjoys that.
Where would you like to see Chelsea in three years time?
Football team, definitely at the top of the League. And I think that is
achievable. One of the issues in the Premier League is, you sort of have
three or four teams at the top and then you have the rest of the pack. And
in a certain sense that becomes an issue as to whether that is good for the
Premier League or good for football. So what we would like to see is 20
vibrant teams all competing but with Chelsea at or near the top.
And European?
Same. Really would like to see us advance in the Champions League.
Personally I love the European games. They are great fun. I went to Zilina,
I went to Lazio and I am definitely going to go to Stuttgart. I think there
is such an excitement home and away with the European games that as a fan it
is fantastic.
In terms of just working day to day here in Chelsea Football Club, in
Chelsea Village, how much will the processes now change for the people
working here?
I don’t think they will change particularly except that Chelsea now and
Chelsea a year ago is a different financial animal. I mean we are in a good
financial position and we can invest to the future. A year ago it was
difficult to think too much about the future because the company did not have
the financial well being that the company has now. Now I think a lot of our
people can be looking towards the future and look at how they might change
things for the better. So in that sense I think it is going to be a much more
exciting environment for the people that work at Chelsea Village and Chelsea
Football Club.
Neil Barnett
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