FINGERS CROSSED, SHEIKH SAGA IS ALL OVER

Chris Dunlavy

AS The Smiths might have said had Morrisey chosen to write about football takeovers, some Sheikhs are richer than others.Some have a personal fortune far in excess of many nations’ GDP. Some can afford to transform Premier League no-marks into European titans.Others have a fancy title and that’s about it - and there can now be little doubt that Sheikh Khaled, whose bid to buy Derby County collapsed this week, belongs in this latter category.He may - and this is the operative word, here - be a cousin to Sheikh Mansour, the owner of Manchester City. His com...

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