As part of Ogilvy's takeover defense team I had pride in maximizing shareholder value; as a senior member of WPP's treasury team I was girding myself for the unpleasant bank negotiations ahead.
But Button and his management were understood to be furious that, following the takeover, Brawn and team chief executive, Nick Fry – both of whom, as shareholders in the team, personally made millions from the deal – refused to raise their salary offer to Button of around £4.5m a year.
Tony Thompson, who coaches Team Takeover's 13-and-under team, said Washington-area private school coaches have traveled to Pennsylvania and Virginia Beach to watch his team.
Eric Edwards, who was an assistant at Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, Va., for five years and is now a coach with Team Takeover, said he followed local players to tournaments in New Jersey and Ohio when he was at O'Connell.
Two of Team Takeover's 13-year-old stars, Chris Lykes and Aaron Thompson, are honor roll students at the Bullis School in Potomac, Md. Still, coaches from other schools are pursuing them, and both said they would consider all options.
Marco Di Vaio kept Bologna afloat pretty much single-handed this year, whether it was scoring the goals that led to most of their wins, organising meetings with local businessmen to discuss a possible takeover as the team lurched towards bankruptcy, or keeping the players united through sheer force of personality at a time when they hadn't been paid for six months.
Just weeks after last year's takeover, the Leicester team and management travelled to Thailand.
Ballmer's takeover gives the team a much needed fresh start.
It didn't take long for the mirage to dissolve: Shortly before his takeover of the team an investor firestorm erupted over stalled construction at Hydra's marquee project, and Al Fahim was briskly dismissed.
They also are expected to approve the sale of the Florida Marlins by John Henry, the head of the group paying $660 million for the Red Sox, to Jeffrey Loria, which means the owners will also have to approve Major League Baseball's takeover of Loria's team, the Montreal Expos.
