Portsmouth FC to be bought by Sulaiman Al Fahim (From Daily Echo)
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Portsmouth FC to be bought by Sulaiman Al Fahim
4:21pm Wednesday 27th May 2009 in
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- By Dan Kerins » Digital Editor
PORTSMOUTH Football Club are apparently on the verge of being bought by an Arabian tycoon.
Sulaiman Al Fahim is believed to be attending the Champions' League final in Rome this evening as a guest of Pompey owner Alexandre Gaydamak.
Al Fahim was behind the takeover of Manchester City Football Club by the Abu Dhabi United Group, of which he is a board member.
Acording to reports from the Middle East, the Al Fahim, who hails from the United Arab Emirates, has had a growing interest in the Premier League since the deal which made Man City the most cash rich club in the world.
He is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador, the star of the programme The Hydra Executives, which is the Arab version of The Apprentice and author of the best-selling book Brand Builder.
Portsmouth are in a dire financial situation and spent most of this season fearing relegation from the Premier League.
They have also had to abandon a number of high profile plans to build new a new stadium, first near the Naval dockyard and more recently near a former rubbish tip on Horsea Island.
Instead they have now said they intend to redevelop the cramped and dilapidated Fratton Park into a 30,000 seater stadium.
High profile players such as Sol Campbell, Peter Crouch and Glen Johnson have been widely expected to leave this summer.
Comments(41)
Ken Hutchinson
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4:30pm Wed 27 May 09
pompey_Stu
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4:36pm Wed 27 May 09
If this is true then we would become the second richest teamin the league overnight.
Sorry for you lot but did you hear his big plus was our lovely City and The Spinnaker Tower reminded him of home.
SomersetSaint
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4:54pm Wed 27 May 09
hampshirehawk
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5:01pm Wed 27 May 09
SomersetSaint wrote:I would sooner have a premier league team in a rubbish stadium than a div 1 team in a decent stadium. If this turns out to be true this fella is a billionaire so presumably paying for a new stadium would be a weeks pocket money for him.
2nd richest team playing in worst Premiership stadium (even Turf Moor will look good against Fratton Park)!!
Didn't take long for us Saints fans to show our envy did it?
If this happens we will be the poor relations for a very long time.
StPete
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5:14pm Wed 27 May 09
SomersetSaint
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5:23pm Wed 27 May 09
allsaintsnocurves
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5:30pm Wed 27 May 09
Southampton Heart
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5:32pm Wed 27 May 09
What?.
soton1980
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5:43pm Wed 27 May 09
pompey_Stu wrote:Yes... because Portsmouth is soooooo much like the UAE...
Get in.
If this is true then we would become the second richest teamin the league overnight.
Sorry for you lot but did you hear his big plus was our lovely City and The Spinnaker Tower reminded him of home.
Northamboy
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6:16pm Wed 27 May 09
Ok only joking as Pompey has one of the finest things on the south coast. The northbound lane of the M275
loverboy
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6:26pm Wed 27 May 09
Northamboy wrote:What's so wrong with the South Coast?
Could someone tell me where Fritton parc is please. Is it anywhere near the old scrapyard and the three hills made of rubbish? lol Ok only joking as Pompey has one of the finest things on the south coast. The northbound lane of the M275
Oh I get it, you wrote it wrong mate.
It's supposed to be 'the best thing to come out of Pompey is....' Unless of course you dislike the South Coast.
I'm more concerned with our future but it'll be a bitter pill to swallow.
WelshSaint
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6:41pm Wed 27 May 09
"Buddy, can you spare a dime"
LOL
Northamboy
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6:48pm Wed 27 May 09
loverboy wrote:Yes you are right I remembered the line after writing it ;-(
Northamboy wrote:What's so wrong with the South Coast?
Could someone tell me where Fritton parc is please. Is it anywhere near the old scrapyard and the three hills made of rubbish? lol Ok only joking as Pompey has one of the finest things on the south coast. The northbound lane of the M275
Oh I get it, you wrote it wrong mate.
It's supposed to be 'the best thing to come out of Pompey is....' Unless of course you dislike the South Coast.
I'm more concerned with our future but it'll be a bitter pill to swallow.
FaceonaBus
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7:28pm Wed 27 May 09
COYR COYR COYR
R Gueing
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8:07pm Wed 27 May 09
Southampton Heart
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8:22pm Wed 27 May 09
Southampton Heart
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8:38pm Wed 27 May 09
Reality-man
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10:05pm Wed 27 May 09
woodsieboy64
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10:17pm Wed 27 May 09
FaceonaBus wrote:i assume the the face is on the rear of the bus???
I agree a very bitter pill to swallow. BUT i'd rather be a fan of the BIGGEST club in the south coast. With the biggest fan base and best fans. They will always be plastic Londoners, and wannabees.( How is it they all like to put on London accents??) answers on a postcard. COYR COYR COYR
why is it that there are so many bitter saints fans??
you'd rather be a fan of a club in complete turmoil, where the adminstrators are extending the dead line day to try and encourage some puppet to part with their tenner to buy your poor little sorry club!!!!!!!!
Southampton Heart
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10:27pm Wed 27 May 09
Reality-man wrote:Don't feel sick Reality-msn. He's my thinking.....we've all seen the effect of silly money n the game. As soon as it comes into Pompey then they'll loose their core identity. It's happening to Man City...Pompeys true fan base won't be able to afford to attend. The false glory hunting fans will come. It's the end of the true Pompey that we know. RIP the Pompey. At least Saints have a chance of becoming a club with "Heart". I'll rather be a Hull or Burnley with a team that's not full of prima donnas!.
I feel sick
woodsieboy64
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10:54pm Wed 27 May 09
Southampton Heart wrote:one thing saints have never had is heart !!!!!!!
Reality-man wrote: I feel sickDon't feel sick Reality-msn. He's my thinking.....we've all seen the effect of silly money n the game. As soon as it comes into Pompey then they'll loose their core identity. It's happening to Man City...Pompeys true fan base won't be able to afford to attend. The false glory hunting fans will come. It's the end of the true Pompey that we know. RIP the Pompey. At least Saints have a chance of becoming a club with "Heart". I'll rather be a Hull or Burnley with a team that's not full of prima donnas!.
in saying that, you do make some sense in that there may well be some false people beginning to 'support' Pompey
having been a fan for longer than i care to rememeber, been to all those div4 games, wembly and europe this season, i would hate for us to have a following of fan that have no connection with the city.
for all my sarcasm, i do hope you find a buyer soon, and will be cheering the Bees on agianst ya next season :)
Tirau Dan (NZL)
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11:51pm Wed 27 May 09
lemsip
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8:26am Thu 28 May 09
pompey_Stu wrote:you mean UAE stinks of sxxt and is full of chavvy skates too??
Get in. If this is true then we would become the second richest teamin the league overnight. Sorry for you lot but did you hear his big plus was our lovely City and The Spinnaker Tower reminded him of home.
Totton Ric
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9:14am Thu 28 May 09
pompey_Stu wrote:Ok then, look at Man City then, done nothing since the billionaire took over, the more money you spend the bigger the fall when things go txxs up.
Get in. If this is true then we would become the second richest teamin the league overnight. Sorry for you lot but did you hear his big plus was our lovely City and The Spinnaker Tower reminded him of home.
I heard that he bought the club to run into the ground & into the Jewsons league.
RIPScummers
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10:02am Thu 28 May 09
Southampton Heart wrote:I`ll think you`ll find Pompey has Premier League Football which is quite an attraction as you discovered with your poor home attendances last year. Guess they will only need to open one stand for next season! Pompey are the top team South of London, so there is a huge fan base!Oh and not forgetting the loudest and most passionate fans in the country! Promising times for the blues, i am really excited! :o)
FALSE ALARM!. He's only after a "Free" ticket!. What on earth has Pompey got to offer?. Apart from a shed called Fratton Park and a pirate fan base!?....with bells to ding dong?. What?.
RIPScummers
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10:04am Thu 28 May 09
Southampton Heart
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10:32am Thu 28 May 09
RIPScummers wrote:The "Loudest and Most Passionate Fans are Newcastle".
Southampton Heart wrote: FALSE ALARM!. He's only after a "Free" ticket!. What on earth has Pompey got to offer?. Apart from a shed called Fratton Park and a pirate fan base!?....with bells to ding dong?. What?.I`ll think you`ll find Pompey has Premier League Football which is quite an attraction as you discovered with your poor home attendances last year. Guess they will only need to open one stand for next season! Pompey are the top team South of London, so there is a huge fan base!Oh and not forgetting the loudest and most passionate fans in the country! Promising times for the blues, i am really excited! :o)
Pompey fans are MAD ANIMALS.....a result of generations of in-breeding, Pirates, Criminals & Gypies. As soon as you get your new "shed" you'll have to behave!. Anyway, you'll be priced out!. Bring it on!.
Will Harry come back now?....you miss him don't you....got your bell?...and clown hat?...ding dong!
PS: Money don't buy success!.
Mr BCB
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10:34am Thu 28 May 09
RIPScummers
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10:47am Thu 28 May 09
Southampton Heart wrote:I`ll think you'll find that the report conducted on crowd noise and atmosphere took into account the number of fans to the noise generated and Pompey came top! Get your facts right you goon!
RIPScummers wrote:The "Loudest and Most Passionate Fans are Newcastle". Pompey fans are MAD ANIMALS.....a result of generations of in-breeding, Pirates, Criminals & Gypies. As soon as you get your new "shed" you'll have to behave!. Anyway, you'll be priced out!. Bring it on!. Will Harry come back now?....you miss him don't you....got your bell?...and clown hat?...ding dong! PS: Money don't buy success!.Southampton Heart wrote: FALSE ALARM!. He's only after a "Free" ticket!. What on earth has Pompey got to offer?. Apart from a shed called Fratton Park and a pirate fan base!?....with bells to ding dong?. What?.I`ll think you`ll find Pompey has Premier League Football which is quite an attraction as you discovered with your poor home attendances last year. Guess they will only need to open one stand for next season! Pompey are the top team South of London, so there is a huge fan base!Oh and not forgetting the loudest and most passionate fans in the country! Promising times for the blues, i am really excited! :o)
Its doesn't, not don't you uneducated freak! And try telling that statement to Chelsea...
greystonesben
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11:10am Thu 28 May 09
RIPScummers wrote:The same Chelsea that finished 3rd in the Premier League this season and 3rd/4th in the Champions League?
Southampton Heart wrote:I`ll think you'll find that the report conducted on crowd noise and atmosphere took into account the number of fans to the noise generated and Pompey came top! Get your facts right you goon! Its doesn't, not don't you uneducated freak! And try telling that statement to Chelsea...RIPScummers wrote:The "Loudest and Most Passionate Fans are Newcastle". Pompey fans are MAD ANIMALS.....a result of generations of in-breeding, Pirates, Criminals & Gypies. As soon as you get your new "shed" you'll have to behave!. Anyway, you'll be priced out!. Bring it on!. Will Harry come back now?....you miss him don't you....got your bell?...and clown hat?...ding dong! PS: Money don't buy success!.Southampton Heart wrote: FALSE ALARM!. He's only after a "Free" ticket!. What on earth has Pompey got to offer?. Apart from a shed called Fratton Park and a pirate fan base!?....with bells to ding dong?. What?.I`ll think you`ll find Pompey has Premier League Football which is quite an attraction as you discovered with your poor home attendances last year. Guess they will only need to open one stand for next season! Pompey are the top team South of London, so there is a huge fan base!Oh and not forgetting the loudest and most passionate fans in the country! Promising times for the blues, i am really excited! :o)
Money can help with success, but Chelsea were already a relatively big club. Man City are struggling to attract top players and they are a bigger club than Pompey. If Kaka wouldnt go to Man City, there is no hope in hell players of his calibre would want to play football in a shed! Players like that want to play in top stadiums with top training facilities and that is something Pompey cannot provide at the moment.
I can understand why Pompey are a more attractive proposition than us at the moment and to be honest, it is really only down to the division they are in.
Yes this may mean that Pompey will be the best team in Hampshire for a long time coming, but who was the better team for the majority of years that we were both on an even keel (ie no rich sugar daddy pumping money into the club). Pompey have landed on their feet with their owners since Mandaric walked in, whereas we have gone backwards with a bad set up which has prohibited us from being targetted by any of the worlds 'richest' people.
RIPScummers
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11:32am Thu 28 May 09
Southampton Heart
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1:30pm Thu 28 May 09
RIPScummers wrote:In reply to the above post from a "pea brain". At best, you'll have a better chance of staying in the premiership. Top players will still prefer to place for Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal. Yes, seeing will be believing.....all this silly money will "gut" your club of it's identity. The rough supporters won't be able to attend games.
They are in the FA Cup Final this weekend are they not?! Would that not constitute a successful season? And we all know it should have been a United vs Chelsea final last night! The new owner of Pompey has a chance to start with a blank canvass, new training facilities, new stadium, a new team following the exit of all the dead wood like lauren and traore etc! Pompey are going places and that WILL attract the bigger players... Wait and see!
Jesus_02
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2:10pm Thu 28 May 09
pompey_Stu wrote:As if anyone needed a reason to avoid the UAE!
Get in. If this is true then we would become the second richest teamin the league overnight. Sorry for you lot but did you hear his big plus was our lovely City and The Spinnaker Tower reminded him of home.
RIPScummers
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2:18pm Thu 28 May 09
Southampton Heart wrote:Ah, the green eyed monster! How fortunes have changed! I`m not talking about the likes of Ronaldo or Lampard...but give it a few years and we'll be there in the top six! You may have re-entered the football league by then!
RIPScummers wrote: They are in the FA Cup Final this weekend are they not?! Would that not constitute a successful season? And we all know it should have been a United vs Chelsea final last night! The new owner of Pompey has a chance to start with a blank canvass, new training facilities, new stadium, a new team following the exit of all the dead wood like lauren and traore etc! Pompey are going places and that WILL attract the bigger players... Wait and see!In reply to the above post from a "pea brain". At best, you'll have a better chance of staying in the premiership. Top players will still prefer to place for Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal. Yes, seeing will be believing.....all this silly money will "gut" your club of it's identity. The rough supporters won't be able to attend games.
Major Sir Jerry Pending
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2:44pm Thu 28 May 09
Propercynic
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3:48am Fri 29 May 09
loweout
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9:17am Fri 29 May 09
Propercynic wrote:At least we dont have a kitchen cabinet for a stadium and piddle all overr the away seats.
I am going to be honest and admit that as a Saints fan, seeing the skates on the up while we continue to decline, hurts. Badly.
And, we don't have a sp@stic druggie with a hat and a bell for our best supporter.
So ha!
Linesman
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1:23pm Fri 29 May 09
loweout wrote:No, you do not have a kitchen cabinet of a stadium, but the stadium you have is empty!
Propercynic wrote: I am going to be honest and admit that as a Saints fan, seeing the skates on the up while we continue to decline, hurts. Badly.At least we dont have a kitchen cabinet for a stadium and piddle all overr the away seats. And, we don't have a sp@stic druggie with a hat and a bell for our best supporter. So ha!
I guess that you do not piddle all over the away seats, because Pompey fans have 'taken the piddle' out of you!
No, you do not have such a person as your best supporter. Perhaps you could identify a 'best supporter'.
Not an easy task these days.
Mr BCB
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7:10pm Fri 29 May 09
pompeyloads of money
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9:50pm Fri 29 May 09
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let's all have a disco
Sorry scummer's i been waiting years for this my father in-law is a scummer so its even sweeter.
we get bought for 60 mil you get bought by to blokes putting 500k each sorry that is proper funny.
good luck not!!!
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