Saudi boxing dealmaker Turki Alalshikh looking into takeover for Championship sleeping giants
MEGA-RICH Saudi businessman Turki Alalshikh is looking into a takeover move for Bristol City.
Boxing's biggest dealmaker wants to buy an English football club and has been checking out the sleeping giants at Ashton Gate.
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Turki Alalshikh is looking at getting involved in English football
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Bristol City are on the Saudi supremo's radar
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There has never been a hint of them selling and the door may be shut — but there is a LOT of cash in the Alalshikh pot for his latest plan.
talkSPORT's Simon Jordan, the former
But with Saudi Arabia's public investment fund owning
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And now his sights are set on
Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, has revolutionised the fight game.
The 43-year-old's no-nonsense approach — and deep pockets — has seen him make some of the biggest fights in the sport's
history
, including heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk's double header with Brit Tyson Fury.
Alalshikh has also gone into
business
with UFC chief Dana White.
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Adesanya fought Nassourdine Imavov in Riyadh back in February.
And the following month it was announced that Alalshikh and White would be launching a new boxing league under the TKO banner.
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Turki, 43, is also interested in professional tennis.
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The Saudi chief set up last
winter
's lucrative "Six Kings" event involving the likes of Novak Djokovic,
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Turki has entered business with UFC chief Dana White
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The Saudi dealmaker poses with tennis legend Rafael Nadal
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