Sheffield United owner Prince Abdullah defends ‘respectable’ Bin Laden family
Prince Abdullah made the remarks at a press conference on Thursday afternoon when facing the media for the first time after winning his High Court case for sole ownership of the club with former co-owner Kevin McCabe.
During the court case, it was revealed that Prince Abdullah secured a £3m loan from a relative of Osama bin Laden to help fund the club.
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Hide AdThe family member is a legitimate businessman without close links to the former al-Qaeda leader, but McCabe claimed that the Prince never knew the original source of the money.
Prince Abdullah said: “I get really offended when people say things like the Bin Laden family is a bad name. Bin Laden is a really good family. If they have one (black) sheep, every family may have one bad person.
“But they are a very respectable family. I have not done business with them in the past, but if I can do business with them, I will be very happy to do business with them.
“The Bin Laden family is not a disgraced name and something I should hide.”