The executive idolised the tennis player known for his cool temperament - Blanc will need the same composure at Old Trafford
This is an updated version of a profile first publish in February. He’s the suave Frenchman who arrives to work on a motorbike and once idolised tennis player Bjorn Borg. Now, after spells at and Paris Saint-Germain , Jean-Claude Blanc, 60, is set to play an influential role at . Blanc, the chief executive of INEOS Sport, is to take over as interim CEO from Patrick Stewart, the current interim CEO, who along with chief financial officer Cliff Baty is to leave the club at the end of the season.
Blanc, former PSG president Michel Denisot, Leonardo and David Ginola at a home game in March 2012 A former long-term PSG employee — speaking on condition of anonymity, like others in this article, to protect relationships — told The Athletic : “The Qataris wanted to create one of the biggest sporting clubs in the world. They wanted it to be across multiple sports and part of that brief was to be modern and digital on and off the football pitch.
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