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THE WORLD'S GAME ... ACCORDING TO US

By Austin Kelley

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

If you were playing fantasy soccer, you might try to assemble a team of all the world's top young stars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Torres and Robinho. If you were an Arab billionaire, you could put together a team like that for real. At least that's what Dr. Sulaiman Al-Fahim, head of the Abu Dhabi United Group, is trying to do. In a quick and surprising coup this week, al-Fahim's company, backed by UAE royals, bought Manchester City Football Club and stole Brazilian Robinho from the ...

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