Many thanks to Bunky for allowing us to use this story - the first to be supplied to us by a resident of the town. But we preferred our own headline . . . sorry.
Sulaiman al Fahim, left, and his pastry chef
pose outside the billionaire's palatial home in UAE
Al Fahim turned his attention to the Love Lane outfit after making a right pig’s-ear of his ownership of Premiership Pompey. It is believed he claimed to have letters of credit to the tune of £50m to allow him to go through with the purchase of Petersfield, but club chairman, Adi Das, has turned down his offer in favour of a bid from a 14-year-old busker in the town.
Das said: “Al Fahim has letters of credit but teenager Jimmy Hendricks had a letter from his mum excusing him from gym and she has a lot more credibility.
“We always see Jimmy busking in the square and his guitar case is always full of coppers, so he’s shown a lot more fundraising acumen than Mr al Fahim.”
Al Fahim had promised to turn Love Lane into a 150,000-seater stadium with naked cheerleaders handing out £20-notes to each supporter. And although Hendricks' sales pitch of knocking 5p off a bottle of Bulmers is not as spectacular, Adi Das felt that in the long-term Petersfield Town would see more benefit from the innovative Bulmers scheme.
Al Fahim is currently believed to be licking his wounds in a Dubai hospital while utilising his fundraising team of letter-writing Nigerians to plan a second bid for the club.
Jimmy Hendricks said succinctly: “Whatever!”
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