Today whilst at Edinburgh Airport waiting for the disgraced Celtic star Leigh Griffiths to return from a weekend away, we bumped into a familiar face, although not the jolly one we are used to. Enter Angus Guthrie the Scottish Engineering Magnate and current owner of West Bromich Albion.
Looking rather disgruntled, I wasn?t sure what his response would be but he was polite and agreed to sit and chat with me, he even bought me a coffee. This interview is completely exclusive as no one else even recognised he was there.
DM: Thanks for taking the time to chat with me today Angus, first of all where are you flying in from today?
AG: Not a problem Dan, I needed to coffee anyway. I was in Gothenburg for the Easter weekend but I extended my trip for a few days.
DM: Any reason why it was extended?
AG: Whilst I was there I set up a few meetings.
DM: You seem to being a bit vague?
AG: So are your questions, what do you really want to know?
DM: Are you going to sack Andrea Stramaccioni?
AG: Yes, that is inevitable.
DM: That?s some very big news. I am presuming that Andrea knows that he is being replaced?
AG: Yes we have spoken at length and this season has not been acceptable by any standards. He is lucky to be in the job this long and he knows this.
DM: Do you have any names for us, potential candidates for the job?
AG: How many names would you like? Luis Enrique, Barry Ferguson, Dougie Freedman, Viktor Goncharenko, Mikael Stahre.
DM: Stahre is obviously one of the meetings you had in Gothenburg seeing as he is the current IFK boss.
AG: I had meetings with all of my candidates in Gothenburg but yes I started there as Mikael was based there. Attend an IFK game as well which was good.
DM: Do you have a time scale?
AG: Not at the moment, its just a matter of getting a deal over the line to be honest. Hopefully by the end of January.
DM: Well, Angus, thank you very much for this exclusive, I am now very eager to see which direction this club goes in. All the best.
AG: My pleasure, keeps your eyes peeled for big changes.
That concludes this report, not the one i was hoping for but an exclusive none the less. Interesting to see if Mr Stramaccioni reacts to comments made my Mr Guthrie today. Stay tuned.....
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