Wembley is the Temple of Football. A story of nine decades full of glory, awe, wonder! It was built in less than a year, it took 250.000 tons of clay, 25.000 tons of concrete and 600 tons of steel bars. This stage quickly became the symbol of English football and on April 28, 1923 the English Cup final took place! Wembley, however, does not only mean football. It… Temple that hosts the Olympics, rugby finals and NFL, up to boxing, hockey and even car games, while the British have watched… american wrestling!
How did the British feel seeing a foreigner claim their… Temple, offering tens of millions? To be more specific, the offer that the British Federation has in its hands reaches 1 billion euros! The first president of Wembley, Ken Bates, outraged by this move, said: "We are selling our heritage, it is the home of England. We can not allow it, eh. "We worked hard to get the pitch for the FA and our fans." The Federation already had contacts and in them the following became known:
- A naming rights agreement to keep the word 'Wembley'
- Shahid Khan's ability to be the new owner within eight weeks.
- Chelsea will be able to play at Wembley for the next four years while Stamford Bridge will be rebuilt.
- The FA will immediately invest 600 million in cash and in another six years will collect the remaining 300 million.
Who is the tycoon who turned football Britain upside down and beyond?
Shahid Khan is an 67year-old Pakistani-American billionaire. He was born in July at 1950 in Lahore, Pakistan, a mother of mathematics teacher and father of a trader. At the age of only 16 years he moved to the US with 500 dollars in his pocket, began washing dishes for more than a dollar an hour while studying at the University of Illinois. He graduated from the department of engineering specializing in engineering sciences. They are the applied sciences that deal with the study, design, research, development, implementation / implementation, construction, production, maintenance and improvement of structures, infrastructures, installations, systems, machines, devices, materials and processes, each in its own knowledge object. And all this he did just 4 years after he arrived in America. He was awarded the 1999 Alumni Award for this category.
Since he was at University he has worked for Flex-N-Gate, a company that made car bumpers. He later became director of engineering. He started building his fortune in 1978 when he first built his company. His first company. In the 80s the Pakistani businessman's company began supplying the Japanese Toyota, and by 1989 it had become the sole supplier to the automotive industry.
In August of 2017 his fortune was 8,7 billion dollars. Forbes ranked him 158 with the richest people in the world. In fact, it has 62 factories all over the world, while its employees are more than 24.000 people.
Khan 2010 attempted to buy the majority stake in the St. Louis NFL stock. He did not make it. Two years later, he was the first member of another nationality to join the NFL, buying the Jacksonville Jaguars. His first appearance in England was 2013 when he agreed to buy Fulham from Al Fayed. The purchase would go to an amount of 150 millions. Fulham was then downgraded and Khan was trying to bring her back to the big lounges. This is his great opportunity this year, as the team is close to making the Premier League. It took a lot of money and ambition, with Kan giving it all!
Fans have expressed fears that the England national team may be forced to play at other stadiums during the NFL as Kahn plans to "move" the Jacksonville Jaguars to Wembley! He also sends his own message to critics: "The new Wembley is not so new. It will take some significant investment to upgrade further. We need to keep it fresh, to maintain a place where people will keep coming. Do not worry Wembley will be safe with me. I want the stadium to be called Wembley, because that is the brand of the club. This is what gives him soul, this is his essence. That's the value… ".
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