Founder & Managing Director
AUTHORITY
Former chief correspondent at Evening Standard, Goal and Press Association with nearly three decades in national, regional and digital news and sports journalism. Wayne directs the network’s news strategy and high-level operations.
FOCUS
Editorial direction for the 11-site network and newsroom management.
THE BRIEF
Wayne oversees the network’s editorial standards across the network. He provides the final sign-off on all headline scoops, ensuring content across all platforms meets the standards required for a high-velocity newsroom.
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EXCLUSIVE By Editor Wayne Veysey| Former Evening Standard, Press Association and Goal chief correspondent with 17 years experience of breaking big stories, including exclusives like this
A Fulham source has told Fulham Insider that the Championship club are hopeful the former Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday and Northampton boss, who has been out of working since leaving Hillsborough last June, will accept their offer.
The Cottagers have been rebuffed four times since Kit Symons was sacked at the beginning of November, with Mark Warburton following Gary Rowett, Nigel Pearson and Clarke by rejecting their advances.
Football Insider revealed on Tuesday that Fulham’s US-based owner Shahid Khan has been in to London this week to oversee the process following the series of recruitment setbacks.
Pakistan-born billionare Khan, who also owns the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars team, wants a new man in place by this weekend.
Money man: Shahid Khan is closing in on appointing a new manager
Clarke might regret how talks with Fulham collapsed after he was given his marching orders by Reading on Friday morning following Thursday night’s home defeat to QPR, the Royals’ four defeat in seven games.
Khan's plan has always been to appoint a head coach-type figure who can work with transfer chief Mike Rigg rather than a traditional manager in the mould of Harry Redknapp or former Charlton and West Ham boss Alan Curbishley, who is advising caretaker Peter Grant.
