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  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,133
    She is the agent of Standard Liege player Michy Batshuayi. Standard are said to be reporting the agent of this player. The agent now works for Standard Liege and Charlton Athletic. Weird.


    www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/9107149/transfer-news-standard-to-report-agent-of-star-striker-michy-batshuayi
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,482
    Night-Meire as Airman will affectionately call her no doubt.
  • Jodaius
    Jodaius Posts: 562
    According to her LinkedIn profile we have over 1,000 employees at the club. Really!?
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,334
    Modern looking board. Like his style.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,133

    From an Arsenal site:

    Earlier this month Standard Liege’s club president Roland Duchatelet claimed Arsenal were eyeing up a move for Michy Batshuayi.
    However, the player’s agent, Katrien Meire, recently revealed that only several Italian clubs have made enquiries for the 20-year-old but has yet to hear anything from Arsenal, suggesting, for the time being anyway, that it is nothing more than a rumour:
    ‘Interest of Italian clubs? Some intermediaries have asked. Nobody from the Gunners has talked to us – they are just rumours.’
    Batshuayi, a Belgium Under-21 international, has made a superb start to the season for Liege, scoring 12 goals in 19 league outings.

    'Striker Michy Batshuayi’s agent has been ruffling feathers with his club, Standard Leige. His agent, Christophe Henrotay, was quoted saying that a number of clubs were interested in him.' i thought this was his agent
    That's what I thought too. See my other post. Very strange indeed. I can only guess the player is with an agency and Henrotay and Meire both work there?
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    She has nice eyes. And teeth. She's growing on me. Yep. Great move.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
    Jodaius said:

    According to her LinkedIn profile we have over 1,000 employees at the club. Really!?

    lots of casual and matchday staff plus 58 goalkeepers
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,133
    The agent of Standard Liege striker Michy Batshuayi is yet to hear from Arsenal.

    The Gunners are being linked with the youngster.

    Representative Katrien Meire told Calciomercato: "Interest of Italian clubs? Some intermediaries have asked. Nobody from the Gunners has talked to us - they are just rumours."

    tribalfootball.com/articles/arsenal-yet-formalise-interest-standard-liege-striker-michy-batshuayi-3998229#.UtAbypJA18E

    Has Roland sent her to The Valley as punishment?
  • mrbligh
    mrbligh Posts: 3,056
    wow. that was very surprising

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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,133
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    Unlucky Roland, she's taken.

    facebook.com/katrien.meire
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Meets my criteria of modern and business focused over old school and traditional
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
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  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,724
    hawksmoor said:

    She has nice eyes. And teeth. She's growing on me. Yep. Great move.

    Maybe so but what does she actually bring to the club?
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,619
    it's my guess that she deals with the legalities of transfers at Standard and his actual agent is Henrotay
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,133
    edited January 2014

    hawksmoor said:

    She has nice eyes. And teeth. She's growing on me. Yep. Great move.

    Maybe so but what does she actually bring to the club?
    Football agent and agent of a few Standard Liege players I assume. Must have good contacts in the game and already works for Standard Liege so knows how a football club works, or at least how one of Roland's works. Fully expecting a few more playing arrivals from Belgian clubs now. She could be great for us or she could be the new Andrew Mills.
  • scabbyhorse
    scabbyhorse Posts: 2,543
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    who is she??
  • Dizzle
    Dizzle Posts: 5,190
    Id hit it
  • scabbyhorse
    scabbyhorse Posts: 2,543

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    who is she??

    can she play up front

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267

    hawksmoor said:

    She has nice eyes. And teeth. She's growing on me. Yep. Great move.

    Maybe so but what does she actually bring to the club?
    Football agent and agent of a few Standard Liege players I assume. Must have good contacts in the game and already works for Standard Liege so knows how a football club works, or at least how one of Roland's works. Fully expecting a few more playing arrivals from Belgian clubs now. She could be great for us or she could be the new Andrew Mills.
    I don't think she is an agent. The article makes it seem that way but I think it means she is the representative of SL rather than an agent of the SL player.


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  • hawksmoor said:

    She has nice eyes. And teeth. She's growing on me. Yep. Great move.

    Maybe so but what does she actually bring to the club?
    A bit of glamour for the Lads on here. A feminine touch to the board.

    Prefer the first photo, what is that she is holding about to eat.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,814
    stalker tastic reaction
  • Jodaius
    Jodaius Posts: 562
    It would be interesting to know exactly what her role will be. There seems to be an assumption fed from AB's post that it is a 'Sporting Director' role, but this hasn't officially been confirmed.

    With her legal background (see LinkedIn) and history at Standard, I would have thought it far more likely that Roland wanted someone he knows and trusts to act as his representative on the board, to keep an eye on things from a more strategic perspective.

    I wonder if the reports about her being an 'agent' are perhaps a red herring - it looks like she has responded to the Batshuayi story as a representative of the club (i.e. Standard), and perhaps this has been misinterpreted (or lost in translation) by the English press.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,133

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    who is she??

    can she play up front

    How tall is she?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
    Anyway, welcome to Charlton Katrien.

    Hope you enjoy your time with us and I look forward to hearing more from you about the board's plans.
  • itsmyball
    itsmyball Posts: 300
    I knew it was her :-)
  • barstool
    barstool Posts: 1,354
    good to have a lawyer on the board, especially one that can pull off green shoes
  • oldbloke
    oldbloke Posts: 931
    Slater does heels
  • @JT your humour is doing better than your footy selections.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,663
    edited January 2014
    Are we absolutely sure Slater hasn't done a Nikki Sinclaire?

    Or is he still at the East Kent Addicks Back To The Valley do?