In the chairman’s office deep in the belly of Bramall Lane’s main stand Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz al Saud is defending the manoeuvres that have brought him total ownership of a Premier League club worth £104m for a remarkably low price.
It is the final result of a furious battle between him and Sheffield United’s former long-term owner, the property magnate Kevin McCabe, who, in 2013, gave Abdullah, a member of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family, 50% of his shares in return for £10m invested in the club.
Written by David Conn
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/03/sheffield-united-prince-abdullah-kevin-mccabe-bitter-battle under the title “The bitter battle for Sheffield United – ‘He tried to screw me, he got screwed’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
