Mohamed Al Fayed says there will be trouble if statue is moved • ‘I wouldn’t pass this club to any junkie,’ Al Fayed says
Mohamed Al Fayed has told Fulham‘s new owner, the US billionaire Shahid Khan, he will be “in big trouble” if he tries to remove the statue of Michael Jackson erected outside Craven Cottage in 2011.
In a photocall to announce the club’s sale, Fayed, 84 – wearing a comedy moustache in tribute to Khan – told reporters that the statue was “a listed monument”. He also said he had vetted the owner of NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars thoroughly before agreeing to sell. “I wouldn’t pass this club to any junkie.”
Fayed completed the sale for a reported £200m on Friday after 16 years as owner – a period during which they rose from the third tier to the Premier League. They now become the sixth top-flight club under US ownership.
Fayed said: “It was difficult to sell because I love this place … but I feel comfortable passing it to someone who loves the game and the club. He already owns a club with the same prestige.”
Khan, 62, said Fayed had done an “incredible job”, and promised to respect the club’s history.
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Source: Guardian / MJ-Upbeat.com
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