Former Liverpool overlord Sir Martin Broughton has turned down an approach to become the next Premier League chairman due to his own perceived conflict of interests.
Racehorse owner Broughton, whose fancied runner Taquin Du Seuil failed to make the frame at Cheltenham on Wednesday, was contacted by headhunters Odgers Berndtson about the PL post. He had been seen as a hot favourite.
But Broughton, British Airways’ chairman, told Odgers he felt conflicted by his involvement in his private equity vehicle Sports Investment Partners, which may work in future with the PL.
Other business: Sir Martin Broughton has rejected the role because he fears it will clash with his other interests
And with the in-demand Sir Keith Mills also yet to declare which available sports job would interest him — if any — both the PL and FA are finding filling the chairman’s seat an arduous process.
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Nicholls said: ‘It’s all history, I’ve nothing more to add. Kauto was a wonderful horse.’
Thommo treads on toes
Channel 4 have made an official complaint to Cheltenham and Radio 5 Live about their former reporter Derek Thompson appearing in camera shots on the first day of the festival.Thommo, who was sacked in the C4 revamp along with John McCririck, was interviewing winning connections in his Festival role for 5 Live on territory reserved for television, with C4 insiders believing he was doing it on purpose.
But Thommo said: ‘I didn’t know I couldn’t operate in that area. I knew the Simonsig stable girl so just started chatting to her. Channel 4 should know I’m now being heard by more listeners than they’ve got viewers.’
Meanwhile, C4 executives, including director of commercial affairs Martin Baker, were remarkably cock-a-hoop about first-day Cheltenham viewing figures being up on last year. But the 1.3million peak was the same as 2012, with the average audience rising from 767,000 to 802,000.
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