Eggert Magnússon (born February 20 1947) is an Icelandic businessman and former President of the Football Association of Iceland and ex-chairman of West Ham United. Magnússon is a former owner and CEO of an import/export and bread and biscuit manufacturing company.
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Brief football history
Magnússon was president of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ), and was an important voice on the UEFA Executive Committee as a representative of one of UEFA's smaller member associations, but had to resign due to the takeover of West Ham United FC. [1] Magnússon was elected to the UEFA Executive Committee in April 2002, after previous membership of the Licensed Match Agents panel (1992-94). Fair Play Committee (1994-96) and Club Competitions Committee (1996-2002). Magnússon contributes to the development of women's football as the Executive Committee’s representative on the Women’s Football Committee, also Magnússon is a member of the Clubs and Leagues Working Group.
West Ham United
Takeover
On 21 November 2006, West Ham announced that they had reached an agreement with a consortium headed by Magnússon for the sale of the club, worth £85m.[2]
Team manager change
After a run of bad results Magnússon sacked manager Alan Pardew on December 11,[3] replacing him with Alan Curbishley.[4]
Change of duties
On 18 September 2007, it was announced that Magnússon would step down as executive chairman[5] but would still retain the role as club non-executive chairman overseeing a new managemant structure, and would keep his stake in the club.[6]
However on 13 December 2007, it was announced that Magnússon had left West Ham and that his 5 per cent holding had been bought by club majority owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson.[7]
References
- ^ UEFA Organisation - Profile: Eggert Magnússon. UEFA. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
- ^ Martyn Herman (2006-11-21). West Ham agree takeover by Icelandic group. Reuters. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
- ^ "Pardew sacked as West Ham manager", BBC Sport, 2006-12-11. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
- ^ "Curbishley named West Ham manager", BBC Sport, 2006-12-13. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
- ^ Magnússon steps down as West Ham chairman. Reuters (18 September 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ Eggert Magnússon relinquishes West Ham role. The Times (18 September 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ "Eggert is victim of Hammers' reshuffle as he loses chairman's role at Upton Park", Daily Mail, 2007-12-13. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
