Gill's New Appointment

United chief executive David Gill has been elected onto the executive board of the 144-member European Club Association.

Headed by Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the ECA represents teams from Europe’s 53 football nations who have had most success in continental competitions.

“I’m very pleased to be elected,” Gill told The Associated Press. “The ECA has a very important role to play in the relationship with UEFA and other bodies within European and world football.”

Gill joins 14 other officials from Europe’s six most successful leagues – England, Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Russia – on the board and will serve for two years.

“We are the people who run the clubs, we understand the issues. All parties need to work together to come up with a set of rules and regulations that everyone buys into,” Gill said.