Saturday 11 July 2009

Mancini deal was never on the cards

Al Fahim's discussions with former Inter manager Mancini have certainly increased his profile in Italy. However we understand from correspondent Phil Reynolds that Al Fahim will not be progressing with Mancini. Mancini's demands include a £30m transfer budget in addition to compensation for the loss of his £10m serverence pay (received from Inter, which he would lose if he joined Portsmouth FC). These sums are significantly over the budget for Al Fahim.

Much of this information was already in the public domain and some close to the club wondered why a meeting actually took place. However Al Fahim is keen to be seen as 'player' in world football and the meeting was felt to be good for his 'profile'.

4 comments:

  1. Al Fahim is a egomaniac, he craves attention. The only reason he has got this far is that he has 'friends' in the media (on his payroll) in the UAE.

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  2. Anywhere else he would have been found out by now as a fraud. Luckily he made the mistake of trying to make it in the western world. The western media have found him out to be the fraud he is...

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