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"A statue of the late Michael Jackson will be unveiled outside the ground of Fulham Football Club today. A six-foot high golden statue of the singer, who died in 2009, will become a permanent fixture outside the stadium, causing unrest among fans of the club, as well as fans of the singer. Mohamed Al Fayed - the chairman of Fulham and a close friend of Jackson - had originally planned to erect the statue outside of Harrods, before selling the store to the Qatari royal family for \u00C2\u00A31.5bn. Al Fayed told the club&amp;#039;s website: &amp;quot;Michael Jackson was truly a legend, a term used too often in this modern world. I hope that Fulham fans will appreciate seeing the finest performer in the world in and among them.&amp;quot; Hundreds of fans have signed a petition in protest against the statue that honours &amp;quot;a controversial American popstar, who has no links to Fulham Football Club\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6 causing heated debate and much unrest&amp;quot;. Fulham supporter Lee Robinson told The Guardian: &amp;quot;Why? Why us? Fulham football fans do not want a statue of Michael Jackson. It&amp;#039;s completely mad. He&amp;#039;s got nothing to do with us. To be honest, he&amp;#039;s the last person you&amp;#039;d want there.&amp;quot; David Lloyd, editor of fanzine There&amp;#039;s Only One F in Fulham said: &amp;quot;If I was asked, did I want it? I would say no. But we&amp;#039;ve got a chairman who has done so much for us if he wants a Michael Jackson statue, so be it. What we don&amp;#039;t want is the ridicule that will come with it.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, a group called The United Michael Jackson Fans of the World have also started a petition to move the statue, saying: &amp;quot;As has been clearly demonstrated by the awful comments on the club&amp;#039;s website, FFC is no place for Michael to reside and certainly no safe place for Michael Jackson fans to visit him.&amp;quot; Michael Jackson visited Fulham FC to watch a home game against Wigan in 1999 as Al Fayed&amp;#039;s guest. &amp;gt; Mercury, Jackson duets to be released? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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