Peter Kenyon, a supposed life-long Manchester United fan, famously blew our deal with PSG’s Ronaldinho. Having agreed a fee for the player, who would become the FIFA World Player of the Year for the following two seasons, Kenyon got wind that Barcelona’s last bid was a couple of million quid short of the price we agreed on.
Upon returning to Manchester after conducting negotiations in France, Kenyon faxed through an agreement to PSG president, Francis Graille, in Paris, however, offered £1 million than had been decided on. Graille responded furiously, whilst Kenyon was left spluttering and appologising. It was too late. On principle, Graille sold Ronaldinho to Barcelona for less than United had been prepared to pay.
This single act sums Kenyon up entirely. Incompetent, slimy and deceitful.
A month later, Kenyon was revealed as Chelsea’s chief executive, more than happy to leave his ‘boyhood club’ for Roman Abramovich’s
“Peter Kenyon has always made great play of his loyalty to the club and his dyed-in-the-wool support for Manchester United – how sad that his loyalty appears to have been so easily bought,” MUST spokesman, Oliver Huston said. Indeed.
Considerable time has past then and you’d think I wouldn’t still be bitter, but I guess I am. For a while, our club seemed to be falling apart whilst Chelsea went from strength to strength, and to see Kenyon a supposed United fan, at the healm, fucked me off considerably. He was more than happy to see our demise, as long as it meant he could turn Chelsea in to a ‘brand’ and win the European Cup.
Whilst completely absorbed in a state of complete joy and happiness and contenetment that night in Moscow, I didn’t seem to have much memory of the goings on after Van der Sar made that winning save. It’s only in the months that have passed, watching as much footage of the final as I possibly can, that I’ve been able to enjoy Peter Kenyon’s role in the evening.
How fitting that when the medals were handed out, Manchester United sent up former World Cup and European Cup winner, Sir Bobby Charlton, to lead up the team. A man who was so consumed by Manchester United, spending the best part of two decades playing for the club, racking up more appearances than any other player before that evening, and over 20 years since working for us off the pitch. In contrast, Chelsea sent up Peter Kenyon. What the fuck is that? The differences in the clubs can be summed up right there.
So, how did Kenyon feel? He’d jumped ship on United and here we were, Champions of Europe, after winning back to back titles?
A Chelsea fan sums it up rather well when saying:
What was all that about in Moscow if not proof that he’s [Kenyon] totally forgotten his position at the club? Manchester United were led up to receive their winners medals by Sir Bobby Charlton (and rightly so), who incidentally was far too humble to accept a medal having not taken part in the game. And the losers? Oh well, we didn’t feel humiliated anywhere near enough apparently, we had to suffer the indignity of having the ex-chief executive of Umbro accepting a medal off Platini.
Well anyway, there’s apparently no limits to the embarrassment Kenyon will dish out to the supporters of the clubs he represents. After Andriy Shevchenko’s chronic failure in the Premiership, following a £30 million move, Kenyon insists that it’s not right to call Shevchenko a failure, despite scoring just 9 league goals in two seasons.
“I get fed up because it’s not right,” he said. “I’m not giving a lesson on accountancy, but you do write money off over the term of a contract. What we pay is in an investment. During that period you have a player who is doing a job and in this industry you buy and sell players.”
He doesn’t stop there though. After 2 goals in 2 games from Deco, the second of which a good freekick against an inexperienced goalkeeper, in a game where Deco went AWOL for the remaining 86 minutes following the goal, Kenyon thinks he’s the bees knees.
“Remember, we got Deco for £8million and that looks to be the buy of the season,” he said.
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As angry as I was when Kenyons loyalty was bought I can’t help but feel we’ve got a whole better deal, he’s such an idiot, I know prices have inflated and stuff and now some of Chelseas buys look good value for money but Essien and Drogba were never worth the money Chelsea paid, no one expected them to be this good but the money they spent was beyond a joke, that man is so bad at negotiations if he was a lawyer he could defend an innocent man all the way to the death penalty.
As a chelsea fan I could not agree more. Deco was great against Portsmouth, however, Portsmouth had no midfield that day.
Kenyon has always come across as a slimy git for me, however, he is good at the corporate side of things and I suspect that is where he should stay.
Now back to what really maters! “we are going to do you this season”
This clown has said that Chelski are well on their way to world domination……So Sleaze bag Kenyon has now done the pre match talk for every opposition manager facing this team of ego’s,professional divers,drama queens ….just put Mr Magoo’s comments on the dressing room wall…..
This gave me a good giggle, Kenyon is a smeg head and I can’t stand the fucker. I hope robinho flops like Shevchenko and they end up flogging him to some foreign club for a fiver and a packet of crisps.
I just read this morning what Kenyon said about the goal-shy russian. You could probably run the NHS for a decade on what Chelsea parted with in wages and transfer fee for Andriy Shevchenko. For Kenyon to say that this was anything other than a fiscal meltdown beggars belief. Next he will be saying that HE’S good value for money,unless he has got his mouth full of Abramovich’s chopper
Interesting that you’re all still so bitter about losing someone you insist you’re better off without…
ah norman, reading the first sentence then posting. just like a rent boy lol
jsos – very articulate. It was actually in the sixth paragraph where the writer Scot the Red admitted to still being bitter. Perhaps, as is suggested about Kenyon, you also have trouble with your counting?
Norman, buddy. Your team has won the title twice in 50 years and never the European Cup. While we were watching the European Cup being hoisted in the air (again) last May, you were watching your captain crying like a girl. Why would we be bitter about anything ever again after that? ha ha ha
kenyon is a cunt.
Jimmy The Weed – When you put it like that I really don’t know, I suggest you ask Scott the Red.
lets face it George Bush jnr has a better record in his decion making on Iraq then Kenyon on football and Chelsea, he’s been paying top dollar for shite rent boys.
Kenyon was a stupid and hopeless human being when he was the Chief Executive at United. Thank God that he left the Champions, otherwise we could have had another Veron in the mould of a certain Ukranian.
Fuck you Peter Kenyon and everything about you. Even the great grand child of David Gill would have managed United better than you. Your second name is failure and so it must follow you. Continue buying flops while you were there and we will continue buying jewel and polishing them for you to buy at 900 million pounds.
I said this at the time. There is a chasm a gap a difference the size from mercury to pluto between us and the rent boys.
Sir bobby charlton = england legend, world cup winner, european cup winner, 100+ caps, man utd and england hero, a knight, a legend on the pitch, one of the greatest players to grace the beautful game, revered and honoured by all worldwide including his peers, politicians and royals. Saluted and respected by this country, ambassador and MR MAN UTD. And a modest humble genuine saint of a man who survived munich to become ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN EVER. A man who didnt want to go up…and even though he was persuaded too..he shunned the limelight even though he was well within in his right 50 years from munich to be there. He ushered rio and ryan forward..took the medal but didnt put it on. He felt humble and undeserving. What a GREAT man
Judas Kenyon = leech, money grabber, spend spend spend, suit and wallet, i’ll sell my kids down the river to make a quick bruce buck, roman’s k##b in his mouth, judas, traitor, immoral, unscrupulous, conceited, churlish, boorish, vile, prawn sandwich, money grabbing sick middle class ponce. I could go on and on……and he took his losers medal like a greedy immoral leech would…shameful..disgusting
DIFFERENCE = You CANT BUY TRADITION. You CANT BUY HISTORY. You CANT BUY LEGENDARY STATUS. You CANT BUY A DYNASTY A LEGACY.You CANT RESPECT. You CANT BUY PRESTIGIOUS HONOURS AND REWARDS AND ACCOLADES. You CANT BUY DIGNITY HUMILITY HONOUR AND CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats the difference between SIR BOB and MANCHESTER UNITED and that JUDAS and his RENTBOYS.
Thankyou
He was the perfect person to lead Chelsea up there really, because he is the symbol of the club, pure greed and no class.
Suhayl – ha ha ha. Say what you mean lad, don’t hold back lol. You forgot to mention that Kenyon is a slimy, skin-crawl-inducing, vampiric gollum who would make Gary Glitter look like a beacon of integrity
I was seriously pissed off with Peter “Red ‘Til I Die” Kenyon. If he’d have stayed we would probably be even more of a brand right now..imagine that!
But yes it was depressing to see Peter Kenyon collect a medal but he’s not that different from the rest of the rentboys, is he? I seriously hope Chelsea finish the season trophyless as I have just watched the Champions’ League Draw and I still remember Scolari’s trying to push Ronaldo to Reál Madrid.
Oh man that I love Sir Bobby Charlton and Ryan Giggs for their class and dignity. Match that.
kenyon! you pace of shit
IS there any hair on his head…… Bloody no! Just like there are not going to be any trophies on the blue cabinet. I still picture old man Terry cry……….. best defender my foot!
Terry need tissue paper……. need to send him!
Peter Kenyon is a wanker, is a wanker, Peter Kenyon is a wanker, is a wanker!
In retrospect, I’m glad to have endured the painful times of Chelsea’s success knowing that it resulted in not having Kenyon as a part of our club.
His attitude, demeanour and personality suit that of Chelsea and not, to be honest, the more professional United.
He is a toad-faced, slime ridden piece of shit.
Although we can laugh at his incompetence, let’s not forget how he sabotaged our club by revealing all our long-term transfer targets. Remember the time when Chavski bought EVERY target we were trying to acquire? This guy is an arch Judas and one of the worst boardroom level traitors in the history of football.
I almost feel sorry for the real, original Chelsea fans having to have his repellent, bald, smarmy turd as a figurehead for their club.
He said he wants to turn the world blue. Most United lads would like to wrap a noose around his neck and turn his face blue. CUNT.
with a face like that. he’s got to be gay. up up up the bum, get it up ya, rentie scum.
whilst i agree with most of your blog.
i would hardly call mike pollit at 37 years of age an inexperianced keeper… maybe im wrong
Tevstar – I should have expanded my point. I meant he was inexperienced in the top flight. There aren’t many occasions in his career when he will have been facing a player of Deco’s quality for a free kick, and it showed!
And that too Red Ken