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NOW WE WILL SEE WHAT KATRIEN LEARNED

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AT FIRST glance, putting Katrien Meire in charge of Sheffield Wednesday seems like giving the Costa Concordia’s captain control of the QE2. The Belgian lawyer was a flat-out disaster at Charlton, her three-year reign as CEO an exercise in antagonism, alienation and failure.
Alongside absent Addicks owner Roland Duchatelet, Meire misjudged the strength of the Championship. A cunning plan to hire cheap players and managers from Europe’s backwaters ultimately landed Charlton in League One.
Along the way, a series of PR blunders – most notably when she described Addicks fans a...

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