Real deal or fake sheik...?

Apparently Pompey owner Sulaiman al Fahim is in hospital in Dubai with a suspected heart attack – this may explain why both he and his PR man failed to respond to an email I sent them yesterday.

Alternatively they may not have responded simply because I’m a fat pillock who is no more important than any other supporter. I would agree wholeheartedly with that assessment, but would point out that al Fahim’s PR man, John Lough, has respectfully responded to my previous emails within the hour.

Obviously we wish al Fahim a speedy recovery; but Pompey’s problems continue, with or without him. And they need to be addressed.

So if the Daily Fascist is correct – and one suspects it does have the ear of the club’s chief executive Peter Storrie – the players’ wages will be paid with a generous donation from Arab property magnates the al Faraj brothers, paving the way for a takeover one would imagine.

Al Fahim’s ‘people’ have even taken the unusual step of releasing a picture of his hospital wristband in order to dispel conspiracy theories that it’s all a stunt to reduce the pressure on him.

Conversely such an unusual attempt to quell rumours is more likely to be seen as putting out fire with gasoline, as cynics would suggest it’s easy to stunt up such a picture. Maybe it was cheaper than buying a canoe and paddling off into the sunset.

Whatever the situation it does put to rest the first rumour circulating which was that al Fahim had been rushed to hospital to have a large number of letters of credit removed from his anal passage…