Sulaiman Al Fahim will be at Fulham Game. I wont be!

So for the first season in a long time I have not got a season ticket money is the problem,(NOT SO FOR OUR WELL PAID PLAYERS, BUT DON'T START ME ON THAT) the club wanted me to pay it all in in five mouths or all at once, I could of afforded it over ten but they stopped that so they will not get all my money this year.So I am A BLUE ARMY member so I will be going to some games and helpfully one or two away. Any half season tickets this year?

The Portsmouth News reports.

Sulaiman Al Fahim has vowed to be at Fratton Park on Saturday to show his intent of pushing through his long-awaited takeover Pompey.The property tycoon has pledged to join fans in cheering on their favourites in the Premier League opener against Fulham.

Al Fahim will be attending in his role as chairman and sitting in the directors' box alongside Peter Storrie.

His anticipated presence is the biggest indication yet of his unstinting determination to buy the club from Sacha Gaydamak.

The takeover has been a long-running saga, dogged by rumours of imminent collapse.

Should that unthinkable scenario occur, it would seriously threaten to plunge the club into administration.

Yet Al Fahim's people still insist everything remains on track.

However, The News understands any deal is unlikely to be completed this week.

Regardless, the prospective owner will be in attendance on Saturday in what he hopes will be seen as a massive statement of intent.

Spokesman Ivo Ilic Gabara said: 'Sulaiman wants to go to Portsmouth's match and see them win against Fulham.

'His presence is only natural. He is very interested in the team and how they play but – more importantly – wants to show the fans the importance of the club to him and his commitment to taking it over.

'He's visited the club before and met the supporters – now he wants to watch the team in action.

'Sulaiman is very much looking forward to it. He is a big football fan and he wants to see Portsmouth do well. He desperately wants to take over the club and is also interested in its future. It is very important to him.

'Once the deal is sorted he wants to regularly attend the matches. He wants to go to every other game, that is what he is telling me and I am sure he will.

'This is a statement of the commitment he has and I hope everyone will see that.'

Al Fahim has already completed due diligence – the evaluation of the club – and passed the Premier League's fit-and-proper-person's test.

Yet it has been two-and-a-half months since news of his Pompey intent became public – and still the deal has not been completed.

One report last weekend said existing owner Sacha Gaydamak had imposed a seven-day deadline for Al Fahim to finalise the deal.

The claims have been denied by both Gabara and Pompey's chief executive Peter Storrie.

And Gabara reiterated Al Fahim's desire to succeed.

He added: 'Sulaiman really wants to come and make a difference and help the club.

'That has never changed and he is determined that will happen. Everything remains on track.'


So it's the same mantra from the good Dr, Pompeygary is still waiting.