Aviva Premiership
Diamond set for chief executive role
ESPNscrum Staff
January 3, 2012
Sale Sharks director of rugby Steve Diamond looks on during the match between Harlequins and Sale Sharks, Twickenham Stoop, London, England October 1, 2011
Sharks boss Steve Diamond is set to take on the role of chief executive in a re-structuring of the club © Getty Images
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Sale Sharks boss Steve Diamond is set to take on the role of chief executive in a major re-structuring of the Aviva Premiership club.

Diamond, who stepped down as coach of Russia's national side to become the Sharks' executive director of sport in February last year, is poised to take over from Mick Hogan, who has held the post since June 2010, according to the Daily Telegraph.

The newspaper also reports that the club, Premiership champions in the 2005-06 season, are in advanced negotiations with rugby league side Salford City Reds about a groundshare deal at their recently-completed £26million, 12,000-capacity stadium at Barton. Such a move would see them leave their current home at Edgeley Park that they have shared with football side Stockport since 2003.

"What we will be doing in the new year with this club is promoting it to seize Manchester and take the North West," said Diamond, whose side are currently fifth in the Aviva Premiership. "We've got grand plans, we are embryonic in what we are doing but we are proving that with a bit of direction and enthusiasm and not a lot of money - because we are spending far less than we have ever spent - we can go places.

"The owners are asking me, 'how do we create a super northern club?' and I am saying, 'let's get the foundations in place for the next year or so'."

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