New Khan Interview : Signing is imminent - merged threads

[btings]

i would prefer it come out of left field... not particularly impressed with any of the names being thrown about. pull another dejagah/riether out of your hat, gentleman, if you don't mind.

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[RidgeRider]

It's going to be a striker. Jol has been quite vocal on that particular problem. Goals. So Bent, Odemwinge, Defoe, someone else we never heard of being linked with... It's not going to be a midfielder, which I think will be a huge mistake.
A good striker would be great, but a creative midfielder is a must

I am finding myself agreeing. It will be a striker, with what I hope to be a creative mid to follow.....ok maybe I'm being greedy but BIG signing means to me striker.

[HatterDon]

five pages? really? I thought the signing was imminent.

[grimmynz]

They're very quick writers Don

[Nero]

Who is this lad Imminent and what country is he from and how many has he scored

[King_Crud]

you're all missing the truth of Khan's statement. It's not the signing of a new player, it's the signing of a new tea lady in the offices. Poor Doris is getting on a bit, and her hip hasn't been good lately.......

[rusty shackleford]

Any sign of the interview online yet

[horse1031]

Signing imminent?

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[Lighthouse]

Fulham owner Shahid Khan has ruled out rebranding the club as the Jaguars in the wake of Hull City having added Tigers to their name.

Khan believes a club's name is sacrosanct and does not plan to follow the lead of the Assem Allam who wants the club to be known as Hull City Tigers nationally and Hull Tigers internationally.

It is a month since Pakistan-born billionaire Khan completed his purchase of the Barclays Premier League club.

Khan has been busy making his mark at the west London club, with on and off-field plans continuing apace.

One of his immediate goals is to create a links between Fulham and his NFL franchise Jacksonville Jaguars, who will play a regular season game at Wembley for the next four years.

Khan, though, is keen to stress such a tie-up will see both retain separate identities and promised never to mess with the club name like the high-profile case of Hull.

"We won't be becoming Fulham Jaguars," he told Press Association Sport.

"I don't think they are the things [we would change].

"Fulham Football Club is how it was way before my lifetime and that is hopefully how it will be a long time after I am gone.

"Both Fulham and the Jaguars really have to operate as their own entities and they have their own core fans and obviously the sports are unique.

"We want to look for areas where they can work together and I think most of those are going to be on the business side.

"Anything historical like that, I absolutely have no intention of messing with."

Khan has big boots to fill at Craven Cottage having replaced Mohamed Al Fayed as owner after 16 years in which he transformed the club.

The new owner has spoken to the Egyptian a few times since completing his takeover and plans are afoot to honour the former chairman.

Some fans suggest the renaming of the soon-to-be-redeveloped Riverside Stand in his honour would be a suitable gesture and is one of several ideas under consideration.

"Let's face it, I don't think the club would probably be around without Mr Al Fayed," Khan said.

"I think he is a huge part of Fulham and, with the role he played, you have to respect and honour him in some way.

"What exactly it is, there are a lot of irons in the fire but definitely I think you have to honour all his contributions towards Fulham."

Khan has been splitting his time between his Florida home and London since completing the takeover and will be at Craven Cottage for the first home game of the season against Arsenal.

He revealed a new signing is set to be announced imminently and more could follow before the big match as he looks for a year of improvement.

Asked what would represent a successful first year in charge, Khan said: "It is very simple: we got better. That would be for me what we want to do on and off the field.

"Number one is performance on the pitch. We finished 12th last season and I would hope we do better.

"Performance off the pitch is important and it is indicative that in future years that we have supporters, corporate and otherwise, that will help the club move forward."

[jelmo]

Kept cards pretty close to his chest re signings.

[Khan You Dig It]

Not nearly as revealing as I was expecting.

[Andy S]

On 5 Live last night Khan said that he would not be getting involved in footballing decisions.
He said his expertise was in sponsorship and pushing the club forward in that direction. He said that Martin Jol and Alexander Mckintosh were the footballing experts and he doesn't know enough in that direction to be deemed an expert. He did however say that they are top men in their field and he had every faith in them

[OHfulhamfan]

The fact that he knows enough to stay out of footballing decisions is a very positive development. 

[General]

The fact that he knows enough to stay out of footballing decisions is a very positive development. 

The fact that he's not given a direct quote re the imminent signings leaves a lot of speculation up in the air? Could it actually be a bigger signing that were expecting, or are we rushing to now compete with crystal palace for darren bent?

[MasterHaynes]

On 5 Live last night Khan said that he would not be getting involved in footballing decisions.
He said his expertise was in sponsorship and pushing the club forward in that direction. He said that Martin Jol and Alexander Mckintosh were the footballing experts and he doesn't know enough in that direction to be deemed an expert. He did however say that they are top men in their field and he had every faith in them

I think this is confirmation that he is not going to pump any money in unless he absolutely has to. Football decisions i.e transfers have to involve large amounts of cash, increasing revenue will allow us to spend more but I think they(Jol & Mackintosh) have been given a freehand, in that they can do what they want with the money the clubs generates but must finish higher than 11th. This is very much the way both american companies operated tht I have worked for - its your buisness but we expect increase 10% on bottom line.

[Nero]

Suppose we can look on the bright side if we dont sign someone dont think Khan will be impressed with Mac after hes left him with egg on his face