Not many Saints supporters will know the name of Charlie Boss who arrived as Chief Commercial Officer back in April a few weeks before the club’s relegation was confirmed, however he is predicting a bold and exciting future for SFC.
When Sport Republic bought Southampton FC almost two years ago there was hope amongst the Saints supporters that now we could start to compete again in the Premier League after several seasons where former owner Gao Jisheng was unable to put money into the club due to the political situation in his native China.
Perhaps Sport Republic took their finger off the pulse when they arrived, thinking that they were buying a well run club that just needed investment,
That didn’t prove to be the case, it became clear that although then CEO Martin Semmens had done a good job on a low budget, he was not the man to take the club forward when there was money to be spent and despite big money being injected in the club by Sport Republic and quite a few signings made, the crucial striker role was never filled to the quality needed.
Sport Republic knew things had to change and instigated a restructuring programme at the turn of the year, this brought in new Chief Commercial Officer Charlie Boss and he has been speaking to sportspromedia.com about what has been happening at the club, here is some of what he had to say.
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