Who owns sheffield united

Kevin McCabe and Prince Abdullah worked together for six years. More news from across Yorkshire. Image source, Reuters. Mr McCabe was described in court as "a wealthy Yorkshireman". Sheffield United won promotion to the Premier League last season. Mr McCabe is thought to be the longest serving director and owner in the history of Sheffield United. I went back to Saudi, I felt good," added Prince Abdullah. Former Barnsley and Leeds boss Paul Heckingbottom, who had been working with United's U23 side, was named as Wilder's replacement on an interim basis until the end of the season but Prince Abdullah insisted they are working to find a long-term manager.

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By Tim Thornton and Matthew Treadwell. Subscribe Now. Thursday Night Football. Ben Simmons. College Football. College Basketball. Fantasy Football. Fantasy Baseball. Fantasy Basketball. Fantasy Hockey. Premier League. La Liga. Serie A. A lifelong supporter of the club and a director since , he had spent multimillions improving Bramall Lane and funding years of losses through its fall from the Premier League in to League One four years later.

In , to make buying into the club less expensive for any new investor he separated its ownership from the stadium, academy, hotel and other properties he had built and leased them to the club at a discounted rent. Mr Justice Fancourt, the judge in the case, was severely critical of McCabe as a witness and of the forceful way he went about reasserting control at Bramall Lane after becoming disillusioned with Abdullah as a partner, having realised he was not so mega-wealthy, as the original intermediary for the investment had led McCabe to believe.

Both parties originally agreed to include a mechanism designed to end the joint shareholding should they no longer wish to work together. McCabe, who knew the prince would find it difficult to fund the purchase of the shares and the properties, therefore believed Abdullah would decide to sell his shares.