{"id":3688,"date":"2019-04-30T13:26:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T13:26:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-04-30T13:26:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T13:26:49","slug":"this-english-football-club-owned-by-a-saudi-prince-has-qualified-for-the-english-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/lifestyle\/this-english-football-club-owned-by-a-saudi-prince-has-qualified-for-the-english-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"This Football Club Owned By A Saudi Prince Were Promoted To The English Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\">  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sheffield United is one of the oldest football clubs in the world, in fact, one their official website they call themselves the world\u2019s first football club.<\/p>\n<p>The club has two owners each who have a 50% stake. One of the owners is Saudi royalty, <a href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/media\/pics\/13-old-photos-of-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-thats-going-to-wow-you\">Prince<\/a> Abdullah bin Musa&#8217;ad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who also serves as a chairman of the club.<\/p>\n<h3>Back home in Saudi, Prince Abdullah owns a significant stake in the SPMC Group<\/h3>\n<p>Now, Sheffield United have made it to the English Premier League and will be playing the league for 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hG9szY8M1o\">pic.twitter.com\/hG9szY8M1o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheffield United (@SUFC_tweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SUFC_tweets\/status\/1122485960929894401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\">  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The team has a very good manager in the form Chris Wilder at the helm and a captain, Billy Sharp, who has enjoyed a very good season. So expect to see some good performances in during the league.<\/p>\n<h3>Popular Saudi Twitter account Hashtag KSA has tweeted Prince Abdullah as saying that they are looking into including Saudi players in the club.<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0628\u0639\u062f \u0635\u0639\u0648\u062f \u0634\u064a\u0641\u064a\u0644\u062f \u064a\u0648\u0646\u0627\u064a\u062a\u062f \u0625\u0644\u0649 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0631\u064a_\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062c\u0644\u064a\u0632\u064a<\/a>.. \u0645\u0627\u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u064a\u0631 \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0628\u0646 \u0645\u0633\u0627\u0639\u062f: \u0646\u062f\u0631\u0633 \u0636\u0645 \u0644\u0627\u0639\u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u064a\u0646 \u0644\u0635\u0641\u0648\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u064a\u0642. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XyMGM0CgnM\">pic.twitter.com\/XyMGM0CgnM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0647\u0627\u0634\u062a\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629 (@HashKSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HashKSA\/status\/1122562935107325952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Considering Prince Abdullah\u2019s fandom of Saudi football having served as a chairman of Al Hilal FC, who knows we may actually have a Saudi player playing in the English Premier League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield United is one of the oldest football clubs in the world, in fact, one their official website they call themselves the world\u2019s first football club. 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