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Robbie Herrera on what Mohamed Al-Fayed s big-money Fulham takeover was like on the inside Mirror 2 days ago
Fulham were on the brink of extinction in 1987.
The club were in financial ruin and there was talk of a merger with rivals Queens Park Rangers in a bid to keep a remnant of London s oldest team afloat. An intervention led by chairman Jimmy Hill ensured Fulham staved off bankruptcy and all talk of a merger fell by the wayside. Hill paved the way for Mohamed Al-Fayed - a flamboyant millionaire who promised to turn lowly Fulham into the Manchester United of the south - to purchase the club in 1997.