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I recently had a chat with Hank, a mate of mine that's a Portsmouth season-ticket holder. He's come
along to The Lane a few times and you could say that he know's his football pretty well. The only
downer is that he and a lot more Pompey fans blame Harry for their current plight. Now, call me
stupid, but how is Harry to blame?
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.
Is there a worse chairman in the history of the Premiership than Sulaiman Al-Fahim? I'm
struggling to think of anyone who has misled, misinformed and treated the supporters of a club so
clearly as Al-Fahim has in his 8 month relationship with Portsmouth. Today the HM Revenue & Customs
have issues a winding up order against Portsmouth F.
It's never a good sign for a manager when Avram Grant steps in as Director of Football
just ask Jose Mourinho. On Thursday, Portsmouth announced the inevitable by
installing Grant in the hot seat in place of outgoing manager Paul Hart. With the
South Coast club currently dead last in the Premiership, this time the former
Maccabi-Haifa manager might just have bitten off more than he can stomach.