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Anil BhoyrulThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
on Thursday, 23 July 2009
NEW OWNER: Sulaiman Al Fahim is the new Portsmouth FC owner.
New
Portsmouth owner Sulaiman Al Fahim has pledged to implement a “long
term” plan for the club rather than bring in big name signings.
Earlier on Thursday, emails from Diego Maradona’s lawyer Angel Oscar Moyana claimed the soccer legend was ready to bring four international stars to club, if he was brought in as a global ambassador.
However, speaking this afternoon, Al Fahim told Arabian Business:
“We have been working on a long term plan, and a lot of this involves
developing the youth academy. That is how many of the best teams have
succeeded in the past.”
He dismissed claims by Maradona’s lawyer that stars such as David Villa and Samuel Eto’o could be on their way to Portsmouth.
“That
is maybe what he is suggesting but it is upto the manager Paul Hart who
he will have in the team. I want to see a very organised and successful
development of both the club and the team, and I don’t think rushing
out and buying very expensive players is the way forward.
"We
have some solid plans to take the club to the next level. It is about
planning not just for the next season but for the next ten years.”
Al
Fahim added: “I have spoken before of my admiration for Diego Maradona
and spoken with his cousin Remigio about it because we know each other
through our United Nations humanitarian work. I think somebody like
Maradona can be great for developing the youth academy and acting as an
ambassador for a club, helping to grow it. But we are not in any talks.
"Some emails have been sent by his lawyer which have been
printed, but those are the ideas of his people, not our people. We have
our own plans and ideas which we will be moving forward with.”
Zapravo, ne moramo uopće ići daleko za taj famozni "proces prilagodbe".
Naime, nama je potpuno normalno da naši igrači kada odu van ne igraju
odmah nego prolaze dotičan proces, no s druge strane - isto nam ne pada
na pamet dozvoliti strancima koji dođu u Hrvatsku. Zar nije jedan od
najvećih talenata našeg nogometa Niko Kranjčar godinu dana "plesao" između rezervne momčadi i klupe Portsmoutha da bi sada bio najbolji igrač te momčadi;
da sam zahod, ovo bih objenoške prihvatio na volej
Kad je to Kranjčar plesao između rezervne momčadi i klupe? Odigrao je 23 utakmice u Premier Ligi uz 2 kraće ozdljede i činjenicu da nije odmah prešao u Pompey već nakon par kola HNL-a.