Dennis Wise Leaves Leeds United

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Magpies swoop for Wise

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Leeds manager Dennis Wise will join Newcastle's coaching staff after the two clubs agreed a compensation fee.

The 41-year-old will depart Elland Road on Tuesday after preparing the side for their Coca-Cola League One clash at Southend.

A club statement read: "We have agreed a compensation package with Newcastle for the services of our manager Dennis Wise and he will part company with the club on Tuesday, after completing the preparations for our game at Southend that evening."

The statement continued: "Newcastle had approached us for permission to speak with Dennis on Friday and since then things have happened very quickly.

"We will always be grateful to Dennis for the way he has turned things around at the club on the playing side and he goes with our best wishes for the future.

"We are not prepared to comment on the inevitable speculation that will now follow about who will replace Dennis. That is not the way we do our business at this club."

The Press Association.

Edited January 28, 2008 by taxexile

[JacknDanny]

Magpies swoop for Wise

1 hour ago

Leeds manager Dennis Wise will join Newcastle's coaching staff after the two clubs agreed a compensation fee.

The 41-year-old will depart Elland Road on Tuesday after preparing the side for their Coca-Cola League One clash at Southend.

A club statement read: "We have agreed a compensation package with Newcastle for the services of our manager Dennis Wise and he will part company with the club on Tuesday, after completing the preparations for our game at Southend that evening."

The statement continued: "Newcastle had approached us for permission to speak with Dennis on Friday and since then things have happened very quickly.

"We will always be grateful to Dennis for the way he has turned things around at the club on the playing side and he goes with our best wishes for the future.

"We are not prepared to comment on the inevitable speculation that will now follow about who will replace Dennis. That is not the way we do our business at this club."

The Press Association.

Has he gone to take up the post of Mascot?

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Evidently, he's gone to a million pound a year Director of Football role. Nice money for an assistant and you can't really blame him although as a Leeds fan it's a huge blow. I thought he was a good appointment when he joined and he's performed miracles.

The big worry is - what now? Dave Bassett is assistant at Leeds; I hope to God he's not promoted to the main role.

Another kick in the guts for Leeds fans everywhere.

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The strength of Kevin Keegan's relationship with Newcastle United's board faces its first potential test today when Dennis Wise's appointment as a "super executive" at the club will be confirmed. Wise last night exchanged his tracksuit and life as manager of Leeds United for a suit and a new role stalking the corridors of St James' Park.

The former Chelsea and England midfielder resigned from his job at Elland Road yesterday and will be formally announced as a modern-day version of what once would have been termed Newcastle's "general manager" this morning. Although the 41-year-old will have no direct involvement with Keegan's first team squad - "that's Kevin's kingdom", a senior club source confirmed last night - Wise can expect to be in overall charge of transfers, youth development and scouting. It is understood he will earn £1.5m a year, tripling his salary, and Newcastle have promised to make two more appointments at executive level.

Fears that the recently appointed Keegan - who appeared a little non- plussed by the impending arrival and refused to answer questions on the subject yesterday - may be unhappy with Wise's role were dismissed by Newcastle officials, who insist that all appointments will be made to support the manager's efforts, but the long-term ramifications remain uncertain.

The theory behind Wise's recruitment is that the owner, Mike Ashley, and his chairman, Chris Mort - possibly influenced by their friend Paul Kemsley, a former director of Tottenham Hotspur - aim to create a new, continental-style management tier, such as that employed at Spurs. Moreover Mort, a corporate city lawyer by profession, lacks experience in, and knowledge of, football and it is hoped Wise will guide him through the nuances of the transfer market while also helping compensate for the loss of Russell Cushing, the long-serving chief operating officer, who left Newcastle earlier this season.

While he will spend part of a typical week in Newcastle, Wise may also frequently work from London. As Leeds manager he has commuted from the south-east and it is believed the strain of doing so almost prompted his resignation a month ago. It appears that the Leeds manager's potential career change was aired when Keegan met Ashley and Mort to discuss succeeding Sam Allardyce two weeks ago but the test of the relationship will come next summer when it emerges how big a say Wise has in transfer policy.

Wise and Newcastle have apparently been brought together by Tony Jimenez, a property developer and friend of both Ashley and Kemsley, who is developing a relationship as a facilitator of deals and was involved in Juande Ramos's managerial move from Sevilla to Spurs.

Having led Leeds, who began the season with a 15-point deduction for financial irregularities, into contention for promotion from League One, Wise's defection appears bizarre at first glance. However, his 15-month reign at Elland Road has been scarred by several fall-outs with players, initial abuse from supporters and relegation from the Championship last season.

Wise has apparently become increasingly disillusioned with front-line management and was further disheartened when Gus Poyet, his close friend and former assistant, departed to become Ramos's No2 at White Hart Lane earlier this season. Wise's wife, a lawyer, who will shortly give birth to their third child, is thought to have advised him that there is life beyond the technical area. Last night a club statement from Leeds confirmed that the club had finalised a compensation package with Newcastle. "We will always be grateful to Dennis for the way he has turned things round at the club on the playing side and he goes with our best wishes for the future," it read. "Newcastle approached us for permission to speak to Dennis on Friday and since then things have happened very quickly." Dave Bassett has been apppointed caretaker manager at Elland Road.

The Guardian

general managers , technical directors , caretaker managers , assistant managers , chief operating officers , managers wives , lawyers , property developers , facilitators , and the icing on the cake ... the barking mad keegan.

trouble surely cant be far behind that dysfuntional cocktail of footballings finest.

the plot thickens.

as for leeds , the pantomine continues.

Edited January 29, 2008 by taxexile

[mrtoad]

Leeds United and Newcastle United. Two things in common, they have United in their name, and they are both being run like a circus.

[oldgit]

Leeds United and Newcastle United. Two things in common, they have United in their name, and they are both being run like a circus.

From Millwall to Leeds to Newcastle.Pretty rapid decline down the footballing ladder for our Dennis.I thought he had potential!Next stop-the North Sea.

[JacknDanny]

Executive Director

The term square peg in a round hole comes to mind

[warriors]

I am lost for words.

They are talking that Leeds got 1 Million. I hope they use it "Wizely"

If they miss the promotion at the end of the year they will be the richest team in the 3rd div.

[eddie11]

Gary MacCallister has been given the job 'until the end of the season'

Just hope he is as good a manager for Leeds as he was a player.

MOT

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they lost again last night.

maccallister , great player that he was , has very little managerial experience.

it seems like the elland road curse has struck again.

[beekaykay]

Wisey for England!

We love im at Millwall he did us proud.....

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they lost again last night.

maccallister , great player that he was , has very little managerial experience.

it seems like the elland road curse has struck again.

In fairness, a certain Don Revie had no managerial experience when he was given the job also.

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fair point , but revie did have bremner , giles , gray , cooper etc.

lets just hope that they can put the results of the past month behind them , and that maccalister can grow into the job and take them up at the end of the season.