Post by QPR Report on Apr 20, 2009 16:27:31 GMT
For some reason, Al Fayed has grown on me as I've seen alternatives as ChairmanFulham Official Site
Fulham Official Site - Chairman's Message
Monday 20th April 2009
A statement from FFC Chairman, Mohamed Al Fayed:
"Do you want to know the latest score at Fulham FC? I don’t mean from our last match – I mean in general. Let me tell you. It’s 6-0. No, make that 8-0. To me. Because I own the best club in the world, with the best team and the best fans. I want to reassure people of this, because sometimes there are naughty rumours that I may sell the club.
"I am not going to give up on other things in the game either. Take my crusade against sky-high players’ wages. Our expenses bill rose by 17 percent last year. How can it be right for top players to be earning £15, £20 million a year? It’s crazy. These wages need to be capped.
"But I worry that it won’t happen, because the Premier League and the FA are run by donkeys who don’t understand business, who are dazzled by money. If the world wants to keep players in pocket for tens of thousands of pounds every week, then let the Premier League and the FA negotiate with Sky and other broadcasters for a share of the billions that they make in profit from our product, from my product.
"Because at present, they don’t. All around the world, football fans are paying to watch top matches on TV. And yet do most clubs see any of that money? No: we are hopelessly dependent on our end-of-season League placing to determine our share of the cash - it makes a difference of feast or famine every season. Yet even then, except for the top four clubs, we’re only talking about a difference of few million, which doesn’t get you far.
"I want to help other clubs. I speak my mind, and other chairmen should too. They need to wake up from their coma and join me in this fight with the Premier League and the FA. In fact, they can come and have lunch with me at Harrods, where I can serve them stags’ testicles from my Scottish estate, Balnagown. We all need big balls in this business."
www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2009/April/ChairmansStatement.aspx
Fulham Official Site - Chairman's Message
Monday 20th April 2009
A statement from FFC Chairman, Mohamed Al Fayed:
"Do you want to know the latest score at Fulham FC? I don’t mean from our last match – I mean in general. Let me tell you. It’s 6-0. No, make that 8-0. To me. Because I own the best club in the world, with the best team and the best fans. I want to reassure people of this, because sometimes there are naughty rumours that I may sell the club.
"I am not going to give up on other things in the game either. Take my crusade against sky-high players’ wages. Our expenses bill rose by 17 percent last year. How can it be right for top players to be earning £15, £20 million a year? It’s crazy. These wages need to be capped.
"But I worry that it won’t happen, because the Premier League and the FA are run by donkeys who don’t understand business, who are dazzled by money. If the world wants to keep players in pocket for tens of thousands of pounds every week, then let the Premier League and the FA negotiate with Sky and other broadcasters for a share of the billions that they make in profit from our product, from my product.
"Because at present, they don’t. All around the world, football fans are paying to watch top matches on TV. And yet do most clubs see any of that money? No: we are hopelessly dependent on our end-of-season League placing to determine our share of the cash - it makes a difference of feast or famine every season. Yet even then, except for the top four clubs, we’re only talking about a difference of few million, which doesn’t get you far.
"I want to help other clubs. I speak my mind, and other chairmen should too. They need to wake up from their coma and join me in this fight with the Premier League and the FA. In fact, they can come and have lunch with me at Harrods, where I can serve them stags’ testicles from my Scottish estate, Balnagown. We all need big balls in this business."
www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2009/April/ChairmansStatement.aspx
