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Royal Football Fund
Company typePrivate
IndustrySports investment
FoundedDubai, UAE (2013 (2013))
Defunct29 April 2016 (29 April 2016)
FateUnknown
HeadquartersBurj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Key people
  • Sukumar Nair
  • Pradeep Chandra
  • Samir Jain
  • Maulik Parekh
  • Antonio Perini
ServicesSports investments
Owners
  • Guilherme Kayque Garbacchio Saldanha
  • Akram Ojjeh Jr
ParentUnited Investment Bank Limited, Cerberus Capital Management, TAG Group
Websitehttp://royalfootballfund.com/

Royal Football Fund was a sports investment company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, associated to the United Investment Bank Limited. It invested from 2013 and appears to have been closed around 2016.

History

Portsmouth F.C.

On 2009, it was reported that Al-Fahim had signed a deal to take over the English Premier League club Portsmouth.

Mumbai City FC

During the Mubadala Senior Leadership Forum, Al-Fahim became friends with Wilhelm Kayque Garbacchio Saldanha, son of a Russian billionaire shareholder of Gazprom, which had the same desires to buy football clubs. Mr Saldanha is the main investor of Mumbai City FC. It is a football franchise in Mumbai, Maharashtra, plays in the Indian Super League, owned by Guilherme Kayque G. Saldanha, Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh.

On 28 November 2019, it was revealed that City Football Group has bought the 65 percent stakes at the club, adding Mumbai City FC as the eighth club under city group.

CB Gran Canaria

In April 2016, it was announced the Royal Football Fund as a new investor of the Spanish basketball club based in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, CB Gran Canaria.

Partnership

They also have a business relationship with Crystal Palace, club based in South Norwood, London.

Other football clubs

References

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  2. "Portsmouth agree to takeover bid". 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  3. "Mubadala Senior Leadership Forum | HME EventsHME Events". hmeevents.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-30.
  4. "At Mumbai city FC, we approached merchandising as a brand-building concept, not a revenue generator - SmartCEO". SmartCEO. 2015-12-12. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  5. "City Football Group acquires majority stake in Indian Super League's Mumbai City FC - ET BrandEquity". ETBrandEquity.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  6. "Un jeque apuesta por el baloncesto y por el Herbalife Gran Canaria". 26 April 2016.
  7. "Crystal Palace team up with Mumbai City FC in search for Indian star | Croydon Advertiser". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
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