Wealthy Individual

There is a talksport interview with Ben Jacobs here from last July in which he says a member of the Barhaini Royal family, Mubarak Al-Khalifa, has been a Leeds fan since the 1970 fa cup final, and he tried to buy the club in 2003;

http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/extra-time/120724/jacobs-leeds-should-have-new-bahraini-owners-within-next-two-weeks-177264

However it hasn't been confirmed yet whether he is involved with current takeover

Bin khalifa is the guy I believe worth 2.3 billion. His family's net worth is around 10 times that.

If the guy Ben Jacobs is talking about " Mubarak Al-Khalifa" is the same one who was going to buy the club before we were relegated out of the PL, he is also the guy who supposedly has massive gambling debts. Doesn't sound like someone flush with cash to buy LUFC. Does anyone know identity of the Arab who was at ER when supporters protested and Bates blamed the 'morons'm for

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according to what someone wrote on another forum he has personal wealth of 3.5 billion

failed to buy the club in 2003, basically did the same thing then that is happening now, got a consortium of investors rather than use his own money http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/3304939.stm
suspect he will be reluctant to put his own money into club until he is certain we are secure in premier league

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i had meme down as an oxbridge professor of linguistics super wum

but yeah, he could be one of these khalifa fellas the more i think about it

rumours its the King of bahrain who was a leeds fanatic in the 1970's when he went to uni in leeds. happy days

If it is Sir King, then it wouldn't be to good going public would it?..

If the Queen of England bought the Boston Pink Sox, what would the everyday person in Britain think?..

I'd think there'd be a hell of a lot wanting to know why she didn't buy closer to home!..