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Portsmouth Gets Profile of New Football Club Owner Sulaiman Al Fahim Today the people of Portsmouth and the fans were reading a copy of The News to learn about their new Football Club owner.

They discovered that Sulaiman Al Fahim is a huge personality, a billionaire to boot, part of the Arab super-rich elite, star of his own reality show, award winner, owner of a private jet, driver of the world's only Versace Lamborghini Murcielago that cost him £400,000 plus £1.6m for the number plate.

There’s much more to read about this charismatic Emirati at:

Matt Jackson, The News, 27 May 2009.

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