Saint in Paradise Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2684947/Pompey-at-war.html Al-Faraj has taken legal advice. A source close to him said: "They allowed Al-Fahim to be chairman because he was in tears about losing the club and this is how he repays them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merovingian Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 good, sooner we get that fake doc out the better imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenevaSaint Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 good, sooner we get that fake doc out the better imo Let him stay please! He makes Wilde, Lowe and Crouch look competent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 Ah the Israeli issue.... How did almost everyone outside of Sk8tesmuff see that one coming and yet they didn't? Keep it coming guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merovingian Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 hardly an issue is it - our current chairman mouthing off - soon to be ex-chairman aswell I suspect We all saw your comments but its not like anything is going to come of it is it ! lol - notice its in the sun aswell. Must be 100% fact then. particularly with the "source close to him" line..ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 To be fair, the Sun is 'Arry and Storrie's favourite mouthpiece, so it's probably not too far wide of the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merovingian Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 nothing more than a column filler though is it...standard redtop wow stories that don't amount to much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 nothing more than a column filler though is it...standard redtop wow stories that don't amount to much To be fair, if the same paper was saying you had a £50million warchest lined up for January you would be proclaiming it as gospel and cracking one off on here saying I told you so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merovingian Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 erm, no. I am not stupid enough to believe most things that are written in our garbage press. And I certainly would not be foolish enough to claim that the sun is gospel and make a complete arse of myself thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 To be fair, if the same paper was saying you had a £50million warchest lined up for January you would be proclaiming it as gospel and cracking one off on here saying I told you so. In his defence he doesn't have a record for that. It's more Corps style, usually after saying that it's from "someone high up at the club who I see socially every few weeks". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merovingian Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 a more klikely press story - jewish chronicle Avram Grant: the real story Pompey CEO fought hard to keep Israeli from director role By Simon Griver, October 16, 2009 Follow the JC on Twitter Avram Grant was appointed Director of Football at Portsmouth despite opposition from the club’s CEO Peter Storrie, the JC understands. Reports in Israel have contradicted Storrie’s claim that manager Paul Hart will be solely responsible for team selection. Grant will select the side together with Hart and is expected to join him on the touchline although it remains unclear whether the Israeli will be involved in tomorrow’s game at Fratton Park against Spurs. Grant’s second spell at the club has been delayed by work-permit red tape. Before confirming his return to the Premier League, Grant was linked with a move to the American MLS where he was in negotiations to manage the New York Red Bulls. But the lure of a £950,000-a-year contract and the chance of being Hart’s long-term successor was too much to resist. According to sources close to Grant, he has returned to the top flight not for financial reasons but to prove himself as a world-class manager. He has targeted Portsmouth, where he was director of football in 2007, as the club most likely to appoint him manager. Until last week Storrie had successfully blocked his return. Failed attempts to bring in Sven Goran Eriksson and Alan Curbishley, rather than reappoint Grant, saw Storrie eventually persuade former owner Alexandre Gaydamak first to promote Tony Adams and then Hart. Super-agent Pini Zahavi, who engineered the latest takeover of Portsmouth by Ali Al Faraj, persuaded the Saudi Arabian that Grant is the man to lead the club. They had wanted to install Grant immediately but Storrie was opposed and used Portsmouth’s win at Wolves, after seven league defeats, to buy more time for Hart. Storrie, who had been CEO at West Ham when Harry Redknapp was manager and who brought Redknapp with him to Portsmouth, has remained at the club since Redknapp left, and is popular with the fans. But as the Al Faraj administration takes control, and Grant is expected to be the replacement for Hart, it remains to be seen whether Storrie is prepared to stay on at Fratton Park with the Israeli in charge. On the playing front, Grant has moved to diffuse any animosity between himself and Tal Ben Haim. The defender was transfer-listed when the pair were at Chelsea after criticising his former manager. But Grant said: “I’ve spoken to Tal several times since we both left Stamford Bridge and everything is fine between us.” Mark Jacob, the lawyer who has been made a Portsmouth director as Al Faraj’s representative, has dismissed reports that Israeli businessmen are involved in the club’s new ownership. Speaking to the JC, he said: “My client owns 100 per cent of the company that owns Portsmouth.” When asked who would be selecting the team, he replied: “That’s for Hart and Grant to decide between them.” A lifelong Spurs fan and author of the book, What’s the Story - Boring Glory, criticising former Spurs chairman Lord Alan Sugar, he sidestepped questions as to who he would be supporting tomorrow. “It’s a win-win situation,” he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 Mark Jacob, the lawyer who has been made a Portsmouth director as Al Faraj’s representative, has dismissed reports that Israeli businessmen are involved in the club’s new ownership. Speaking to the JC, he said: “My client owns 100 per cent of the company that owns Portsmouth.” What about th 10% that Fahim owns then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merovingian Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 who knows pancake, al fahim was only given 10% as a token gesture, perhaps he is being/has been ousted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 who knows pancake, al fahim was only given 10% as a token gesture, perhaps he is being/has been ousted Because top business people often gift people shares as a gesture - 'poor old fake doctor, please cheer up I'll give you 105 of my company" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 10% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clapham Saint Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 What about th 10% that Fahim owns then? Maybe he means that he owns 100% of the company which owns 40% of the company which owns 38% of the company which owns 90% of Portsmouth. The rest is owned by the mafia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLove Posted 16 October, 2009 Share Posted 16 October, 2009 Maybe he means that he owns 100% of the company which owns 40% of the company which owns 38% of the company which owns 90% of Portsmouth. The rest is owned by the mafia. Your avatar is how I look after working out the maths on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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