David Barry Charles Dein (born 7 September 1943) is the former vice-chairman of Arsenal Football Club and former vice-chairman of the Football Association. He was also the chairman of the G-14 group of European football clubs between October 2006 and May 2007. In August 2007 he sold his shares in Arsenal F.C. to London-based business company Red & White. is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. ... Map of the G-14 in Europe. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Role at Arsenal

He was a director of Arsenal between 1983 and 2007. He was appointed when he bought a 16.6% share of the club for £292,000 (he later sold a significant proportion to co-director Danny Fiszman) although this may have been due to financial difficulties he was experiencing at the time;^[1] he was appointed vice-chairman the following year. He was responsible for football matters at the club taking an active role in the transfer of players and contract negotiations where he was able to use his extensive network of football contacts. Dein was behind the appointment of the then little known Arsène Wenger to the manager's job in 1996; under Wenger Arsenal have won the FA Premier League three times and the FA Cup four times, and Dein strongly backed him and his transfer wishes throughout.^[2] Danny Fiszman (born 1945 in London) is a diamond dealer, and a director of Arsenal Football Club. ... Arsène Wenger OBE (born October 22, 1949 in Strasbourg) is a French football manager. ... For the Scottish equivalent see Scottish Premier League The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in England and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system... This article is about the English FA Cup. ...

Dein also helped obtain Arsenal's entry into the G-14 group of major European football clubs in 2002, and became chairman of the G-14 in October 2006.^[3] A keen promoter of women's football, he was also President of Arsenal Ladies Football Club, the most successful English women's football team, while Arsenal vice-chairman. Map of the G-14 in Europe. ... Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English womens football club affiliated with Arsenal FC. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English womens football; the team have won the FA Womens Premier League nine times, the FA Womens Cup eight times, and the...

On 18 April 2007 it was revealed by Arsenal that he had left the club with immediate effect after "irreconcilable differences" between himself and the rest of the board. It is thought that he was in favour of a possible takeover of Arsenal F.C. by American tycoon Stan Kroenke. The other members of the board have signed a contractual agreement that they will not sell their shares for a year, and they all expressed their interest in retaining their shares beyond the expiry of this contract.^[4] Dein was replaced as G-14 chairman by Olympique Lyonnais chairman Jean-Michel Aulas the following month.^[5] is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... Mr. ... Olympique Lyonnais (popularly known as OL, or simply Lyon) is a French football club based in Lyon. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ...

Sale of Arsenal shareholding

In August 2007, David Dein sold his 9,072 shares (14.58%) in the club for £75 million to Red & White, an investment vehicle of controversial Russian metal billionaire Alisher Usmanov, a man accused of many crimes by former British Ambassador Craig Murray, and his business partner Farhad Moshiri.^[6] Dein was appointed as chairman of Red & White, which is the largest shareholder in the club outside of members of the board of directors. Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov Алишер Бурханович Усманов (born 9 September 1953, Chusta, Namangan Region, Uzbekistan) is a billionare Russian oligarch. ... Farhad Moshiri is a London-based businessman and investor. ...

Role at the Football Association

In 1986 Dein was voted onto the board of the Football League Management Committee and subsequently achieved a place on the FA Council. He was also a major force in the inception of the FA Premier League in 1992. He eventually rose to the position of vice-chairman of the FA in 2000, a post he held until 2004 when it was scrapped after restructuring. He was subsequently re-elected to the FA Board as a FA Premier League representative. The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... For the Scottish equivalent see Scottish Premier League The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in England and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system...

Dein was a key player in the FA's successful bid to hire Sven-Göran Eriksson as England manager in 2001^[7] and in 2006 he was one of four members of an FA panel (the others being Brian Barwick, Noel White and Dave Richards) tasked with finding Eriksson's replacement, having initially been left off the panel. Dein's preferred choice, Luiz Felipe Scolari, was offered the job and looked set to take it^[8] but later changed his mind;^[9] the FA eventually chose Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren.   (IPA: , born February 5, 1948) is a Swedish football manager. ... First international  Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win  Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat  Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in... Brian Barwick is the current Chief Executive of The Football Association. ... Noel White is a former chairman and director of Liverpool F.C. and one of the architects of the F.A. Premier League. ... Born in Sheffield, England in 1970, Dave Richards, has over 12 years is a successful entrepreneur and executive in the software industry and sits on both boards and advisory boards of Silicon Valley start-up ventures. ... Luiz Felipe Maniac Scolari, ComIH (born November 9, 1948 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), also known as Felipão (Big Phil), is a Brazilian football coach, who led the Brazilian national team to victory in the 2002 World Cup. ... Middlesbrough Football Club (commonly known as Boro) are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, who currently play in the Premier League. ... For the ice hockey player, see Steve McLaren. ...

Dein sat on the FA Board until 2 June 2006 as one of four representatives of the FA Premier League clubs on the Football Association board. He was replaced by David Gill, chief executive of Manchester United.^[10] This removal came one day after a news story broke on the BBC's Newsnight programme regarding possible infringements of FIFA rules regarding player transfers with, and loans to, Belgian club Beveren; investigations by Belgian police (which had been closed in 2002) into Beveren's finances traced a £1 million cash injection into the club in 2001 back to Arsenal.^[11] is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Scottish equivalent see Scottish Premier League The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in England and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system... David A. Gill (born 5 August 1957 in Reading, Berkshire) is currently Chief Executive of Manchester United Football Club, vice-chairman of the G-14 management committee, and a member of The Football Associations board. ... Manchester United Football Club are a world-famous English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and are one of the most popular sports clubs in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Newsnight is a British daily news analysis, current affairs and politics programme broadcast between 22:30 and 23:20 on weekdays on BBC Two. ... This article is about an international football organization. ... Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren (English: Royal Sport Ring of Beveren) is a Belgian football club, from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. ...

The timing of the news story could have been an issue in the vote; however press reports at the time instead cited his role in the failed appointment of Scolari and the subsequent embarrassment the FA suffered,^[12][13] and his stance opposing the Premier League's proposed ban on clubs taking agents on their payroll,^[14] as the main reasons behind his departure. The FA compliance committee investigated the BBC's allegations but did not find any breach of FA or Premier League rules by Arsenal, and passed their findings to FIFA who also found no case of wrong-doing.^[15]

He continues to sit as representative of the FA Premier League on UEFA's committee for club competitions, and is a member of the FA Council. For the Scottish equivalent see Scottish Premier League The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in England and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system... The Union Européenne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...

Controversies and alleged conflicts of interest

Dein's dual role as director of Arsenal and as a senior member of the Football Association's executive led to accusations of conflicts of interest.

In 2005, Chelsea manager José Mourinho said "A person who works in the club should not work in the FA. The FA is the FA and the club is the club"; he called on David Dein to resign. Mourinho's complaint related to the league programme apparently favouring Arsenal. In 2004-05, Arsenal played five of their six league games immediately following Champions League group matches at home, while Chelsea had to play five away.^[16] However in the long run this has mostly evened out; in the period 1998–2005 Arsenal had 53% of their matches after a Champions League tie at home, while Chelsea had 55% at home.^[17] Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... José Mourinho, GOIH (pron. ... The 2004-2005 season was the 125th season of competitive football in England. ... The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...

This was not the only row Dein has had with Chelsea; Dein complained about Chelsea's "tapping up" of Ashley Cole, which resulted in Cole, Chelsea and José Mourinho all being fined by the FA.^[18] He was later accused of making a "covert" approach for Gilberto Silva that was similar to Chelsea's approach for Cole, while Gilberto was at Atlético Mineiro.^[19] Dein denied this, saying he had made his approach known to Atletico; the president of Atletico Mineiro, Alexandre Kall, confirmed Dein's account and said that Arsenal had complied with all the rules.^[20] Ashley Donovan Cole (born 20 December 1980, Whitechapel, London, England) is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. ... Listen to this article ( info) in media player in browser This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2007-03-02, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Atlético Mineiro is a Brazilian football team from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on March 25, 1908. ...

During the search for a new England manager to replace Eriksson, Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce questioned Dein's role in the FA, saying: "I don't know how much power David Dein has but he obviously has a great influence at the FA", and alleged that Dein had shielded Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger from the selection process.^[21] Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson made similar allegations,^[22] but Wenger denied this, saying he had been on FA chief executive Brian Barwick's original longlist, but told him from the outset that he did not want the job,^[23] a story later confirmed by the FA.^[24] Bolton Wanderers Football Club (also known as The Trotters) are an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West England. ... Samuel Allardyce (born October 19, 1954 in Dudley, West Midlands) is an English former professional football player and is the manager of Newcastle United. ... Steve Gibson is the Chairman of Middlesbrough Football Club. ...

Personal life

Dein lives in Totteridge and is an active member of the North London Jewish community. David Dein is close friends with Jerome Anderson, a major football agent and founder of Sports Entertainment and Media Group Ltd (SEM) whose clients include Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and Rio Ferdinand. Totteridge is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Jerome Anderson (born October 9, 1953 in Mullens, West Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player. ... Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (born May 10, 1969 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch professional footballer. ... Thierry Daniel Henry, born 17 August 1977 in Paris, France, is a French football player. ... Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born November 7, 1978 in Peckham, London) is an English footballer of mixed St Lucian and Anglo-Irish descent. ...

David Dein's son, Darren, is a trained solicitor, who works as an external consultant for SEM; he is married to Sara, daughter of David Buchler, ex-executive vice chairman of Tottenham Hotspur. Darren was also Thierry Henry's best man at his wedding.^[25] Another son, Gavin, dated popstar Rachel Stevens for a time and is currently involved with Tamara Ecclestone, daughter of Bernie Ecclestone. Tottenham Hotspur F.C. is a North London association football team, also known by the nickname Spurs. ... Thierry Daniel Henry, born 17 August 1977 in Paris, France, is a French football player. ... Rachel Lauren Stevens (born April 9, 1978) is an English singer and actress and an occasional model who lives in Hampstead, London. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bernard Charles Bernie Ecclestone (born October 22, 1930 near Bungay, Suffolk, England) is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, and owns a stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies. ...

He is also chairman of The Theatre Investment Fund in England.

Footnotes

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External links

• Profile on the BBC