Sunday, November 8, 2009

The Quote: Sulaiman Al-Fahim

"How did I hear about Real Madrid's 4-0 loss against Alcorcón? Well, I was in Barcelona that Tuesday. I was told at a business dinner, and of course it surprised me. One of the people there was Sandro Rosell, who will run for president of Barcelona. It was a very surprising result that was much commented during the dinner we were having."


United Arab Emirates businessman Sulaiman Al-Fahim,
10% shareholder of English football club Portsmouth and board member of United Arab Emirates private equity company Abu Dhabi United Group that owns English football club Manchester City

4 comments:

  1. i'm sorry i cant help but comment. whats the significance of this? i mean apart from the obvious fact that rosell is meeting with (getting support?)/(and surprisingly from ) diverse groups of people..? or would that be the point??

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  2. @Xaviniesta:

    Just thought it might be interesting to know that Rosell has met with a Manchester City insider and that (apart from the more concrete transfer-related conclusions one could draw from this) he might be building/further expanding his network in the world of football.

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  3. alright, thanks. i'm just not so comfy with rosell being chummies with petro dollar types. shrug.

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  4. Well, if they'd pay 25 millions for Hleb, I would be ok with it... ;-)

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