UPDATE: According to Jordan Cross at The News, Sulaiman Al Fahim admitted that he wants to sign Zamalek striker Amr Zaki and believes the club can, but its not his decision. He said,

"It's not my decision, it is up to Paul Hart and Avram Grant but I would like to see Amr Zaki .

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In Family Guy:

Chris Griffin: Dad, was there ever a real city of New Orleans?"
Peter Griffin: "No one knows, Chris. No one knows."

It is interesting to see anyone and everyone walk into Pompey, buy up the club, and walk out two days later. The revolving door has led to Pompey being dead last in the Premiership, player wages being delayed, and transfer fees that have yet to be paid two years later.

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LONDON Portsmouth have been banned from registering any new players until further notice, the Premier League said on Wednesday, as the financial turmoil surrounding the south-coast club continues.

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You'd have thought that even the publicity junkie that is Sulaiman Al-Fahim would keep as low a profile as possible, after his dismal, embarrassing failures at Portsmouth, but no. Having done a round of self-justificatory chats with the UK press, who didn't balk at pointing out the flaws in every argument he put forward, he returned to the happier, compliant hunting ground of the Arabic press for his latest lecture to the masses.

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Private Saudi sports investment firm F6 said on Saturday that talks with George Gillett, the American co-owner of English football club Liverpool, to buy a stake in the club are on hold.
Gillett arrived earlier this week to Riyadh sparking speculation that the visit will push towards the conclusion a deal with F6 owners, who include Saudi Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah and Saudi businessman Majed al-Hugail. Click to continue reading...

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Avram Grant has been appointed as Portsmouth's director of football, the club have confirmed.

The 54-year-old Israeli returns to Fratton Park having occupied the same role from 2006 to 2007 before succeeding Jose Mourinho as manager of Chelsea.

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English Premiership team, Portsmouth got a new owner, Saudi magnate Ali al-Faraj, who promised financial stability and better future.

New owner took Portsmouth over from Sulaiman Al Fahim, who after only six weeks decided to sell 90% of the shares to al-Faraj's company "Falcondrone Limited"
According to the club officials, Al Fahim will keep 10% of the shares, while Saudi magnate will become the major holder after the approval of Football Association.

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Pompey picked up some Saudi Oil money today as Saudi tycoon Ali al-Faraj bought 90% of the financially stricken club from Sulaiman al-Fahim.
Al-Fahim, of Abu Dhabi, bought the club just 44 days ago - but he's out and the 40-year-old al-Faraj is in.
So, what does this mean? Well - for starters, not much on the pitch: Pompey may have a large arsenal of cash to use in the January transfer window - but they'll have to stick with their hodgepodge of new signings and on-loan stars (O'Hara 4. Click to continue reading...

Transiting through London Heathrow this morning, on a journey from Florida to India, all the talk among football supporters (who I sought out in the airports and on the plane because they stand out in their club kits or England shirts) was not about any title contender but about Portsmouth.

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Saudi business tycoon Ali Al Faraj has completed his takeover of Portsmouth, acquiring a 90% stake in the club.

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The Premier League's 'Fit-And-Proper-Persons-Test' is a primary example of Jean Baudrillard's phase of the image template.
The new wave of owners are not fit, they are improper, the 'persons' are more likely to be shell operations covering up for something altogether more seedy, and, most importantly of all, there is no test. Click to continue reading...

Last week we covered that Portsmouth players had not been paid, and I asked whether Sulaiman al Fahim actually had the money to buy the club.

The answer was no, as Sulaiman al Fahim today sold Portsmouth to Saudi property magnate Ali al Faraj. Ali al Faraj is a familiar name to Pompey fans as Portsmouth executive Peter Storrie had told former, former, Portsmouth owner Sasha Gaydamak that Al Farai was interested in buying the club.

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Update: Ali Al Faraj has completed his takeover of Portsmouth, acquiring a 90% stake in the club. Sulaiman Al Fahim retains a 10% share.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

After Sulaiman Al-Fahim pulled the wool over the Premier League's eyes once during the Manchester City takeover by pretending to be the owner and making pre-posterous claims on who Manchester City could sign, the actual owners quietly sidelined him and brought in a more measured representative.

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They Think It's All Over... draws three conclusions from the latest action in the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Still sitting with a donut in the points column, Pompey are in desperate need of some points. It seems as though everybody myself included has written them off already. I just published an article earlier this week about how they are definitely being relegated this season. Do I think they are going to get zero points over the course of the whole season, though?

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Premier League clubs, it should be remembered, enjoy every single advantage that the football world can throw at them. They have massive television contracts which give them an annual amount of money that would keep most lower league clubs going for years. They have the opportunity of European football.

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The backlash of Emmanuel Adebayor's raucous celebration was felt again today as the striker was doled out more punishment from the FA. This time it was a £25,000 fine and a two match suspended ban for his celebration in front of Arsenal fans. The suspension means that he will only serve the ban if he violates FA rules again before December of next year.

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The backlash of Emmanuel Adebayor's raucous celebration was felt again today as the striker was doled out more punishment from the FA. This time it was a £25,000 fine and a two match suspended ban for his celebration in front of Arsenal fans. The suspension means that he will only serve the ban if he violates FA rules again before December of next year.

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So Portsmouth has assured its players that they will be paid the wages they are owed on Friday. Some players were not paid earlier in the week because of "a delay in the transfer of funds" following Sulaiman al Fahim's recent takeover.

My question is what happened to the money? Al Fahim recently told the club's supporters he will inject £50m into the club within the next month.

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When Sulaiman Al Fahim announced his plans regarding the takeover of the club this summer, Pompey fans started hoping Portsmouth would soon be able to challenge European places in the least. However, completely the opposite happened as Paul Hart's side achieved the record of worst start in the history of the Premier League, having lost no less than 7 opening games.

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English football's "fit and proper persons" test, I would submit, has failed, and here are just four reasons why:

1) Tom Hicks and George Gillett still co-own Liverpool.
2) Sulaiman Al-Fahim owns Portsmouth.
3) The Gods alone know who owns Notts County, even now "they" have "told" us
4) It isn't really a "test" at all.

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Sulaiman Al-Fahim is, of course, the new owner of Portsmouth Football Club, but his accession there hasn't been without a degree of controversy. Mark Murphy wonders this emperor's new clothes are already starting to look a bit ragged.

According to the Premier League, Sulaiman Al-Fahim is a fit and proper person to be running one of its clubs.

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Paul Hart was nominated by various broadsheet football journalists as "Manager of the year" last season despite only taking charge of half of Pompy's games, following a disastrous start by Tony Adams. Hart showed his experience and got the team organised again; keeping Portsmouth up for another season in the top flight with relative ease in 14th position.

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Twisted fire starter Richard Scudamore generally lies low.
He is a man who was made for the shadows.
And, as ever, his words are carefully chosen, rather too carefully...
Apparently, Adebayor has "damaged the Premier League's brand" which is a bit ripe coming from the android who has sold out top flight English football to ########
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Long ago, P.J. O'Rourke in his book A Parliament of Whores said, "You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money."

I just can't help myself relating it to Manchester City.

The transfer window is closed. And, Manchester City, backed by big bucks, have spent near to £120 million in this single summer transfer window and around £200 million overall since last summer.

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AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:

1. ARSENE WENGER'S SHOW HOW CAN YOU GET SENT OFF FOR KICKING A WATER BOTTLE?!?!?!! ONE TIME I FILLED A WATER BOTTLE WITH MILITARY GRADE EXPLOSIVES AND THEN I DRILLED A BABY IN THE HEAD WITH IT AND ALL I GOT WAS A WARNING!

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Just a year ago Harry Redknapp was still managing Portsmouth. Just a year ago Redknapp turned down a 12M pound offer from Monaco for his star playmaker Niko Kranjcar.
One year later, Portsmouth are in shambles, Harry is sharing the top of the table with Chelsea at Tottenham, and Niko has moved from Fratton Park to White Hart Lane for less than 3M pounds. Click to continue reading...

You have to feel for Peter Storrie.
His second face was ecstatic as Pompey sunk to their latest defeat at the Emirates last Saturday. For, despite the defeat, our sneaky CEO had only gone and done the dirty on the man who was sitting next to him, US college kid lookalike, Sulaiman al-Fahim. Click to continue reading...

Well, it looks like tomorrow a new era in European Football will start. One where revenue will determine what kind of players can be signed, NOT reputation, nor Arab monies. I'm betting that al-Fahim is thrilled to be getting in on Portsmouth just in time to find out that an actual business plan is necessary. Click to continue reading...

Another week is past, and you know what that means: yet another A to Z breakdown of this week in Premier League action. Here we go...

A is for Abou Diaby. The underrated Arsenal midfielder grabbed a brace on Saturday as he led Arsenal to yet another early season romp.

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by TRAVIS CLARK

It certainly wasn't a good start for Jose Mourinho's club last week, drawing 1-1 against newly-promoted side Bari. With Juventus looking like a strong side, it was inevitable for the Special One to bring in some new blood to his side.

Reports out of Italy and Spain have Real Madrid's Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder heading to Inter as early as today.

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By TRAVIS CLARK

It certainly wasn't a good start for Jose Mourinho's club last week, drawing 1-1 against newly-promoted side Bari. With Juventus looking like a strong side, it was inevitable for the Special One to bring in some new blood to his side.

Reports out of Italy and Spain have Real Madrid's Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder heading to Inter as early as today.

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Birmingham City are the latest Premier League club to be lined up for foreign ownership. As Mark Murphy reports, the new potential new owner has already had a go at buying the club, but fans are split on whether his involvement and there are question marks over his financial credentials.

Birmingham City chairman David Gold isn't easy to like.

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Portsmouth will be relegated if the club does not stop hemorrhaging players. A new consortium is bidding to takeover led by Peter Storrie, the current CEO. Continuing doubts over Sulaiman Al Fahim's ability to fund the club is prompting this move. There is a possibility of Storrie's group linking up with Al Fahim's Asia Associates in a 50-50 partnership.

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According to SSN, Sulaiman Al Fahim has revealed Portsmouth are in talks to sign Jonas Gutierrez and Egyptian striker Amr Zaki. Whilst we'll obviously be pretty disinterested about the Zaki link, Spiderman would be yet another hole in our ever decreasing squad and is something to ponder. Of course, Al Fahim, a businessman out in Dubai, [. Click to continue reading...