Dennis Wise Returns To Football (In A Way)

Former Toon "scout" and "football advisor" to Kevin Keegan is back in football. Wise has agreed to rejoin the board of Chelsea Pitch Owners, it was confirmed on Thursday. Former Blues captain Wise was announced as one of two new directors of the supporter-led company which owns the freehold of Stamford Bridge. The 44-year-old CPO vice-president accepted an invitation from the three existing board members to return to the role he held when the company was first formed in the mid-1990s. Wise's reappointment came less than a month after Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich failed to convince CPO shareholders to sell him the Stamford Bridge freehold at an extraordinary general meeting of the company. Abramovich's offer had been seen as a precursor to a move to a new 60,000-seater stadium but his proposal received 61.6% of the vote when 75% was required.

Source: FOOTYMAD