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Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan has made an offer to buy Wembley Stadium from the English Football Association (FA).
The FA says its board was informed of the offer at a meeting on Thursday. Wembley first opened as English soccer’s national stadium in 1923 and reopened after being rebuilt in 2007.
A buyout of Wembley by Khan, who also owns London soccer club Fulham, could increase the prospect of having an NFL franchise in the British capital.
In a statement on the potential purchase of Wembley, the NFL says “we are very happy for Shad Khan and the Jacksonville Jaguars”.
Khan has owned Fulham since 2013, the same year the Jaguars started playing annual regular-season NFL games in London.
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Apr 26, 2018 07:01pm
Wow!
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Apr 26, 2018 07:03pm
Mashallah. Keep growing .
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Apr 26, 2018 07:17pm
We are proud of this American with Pak heritage
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Apr 26, 2018 07:46pm
Wembely Stadium that is an icon of London as a matter of fact UK itself.
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Apr 26, 2018 08:12pm
nice to hear. super offer.
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Apr 26, 2018 08:14pm
Congratulations to Shahid Khan a Pakistani American for his achievements. For the interest of readers I must say some lines about an Indian American businessman cum Philanthropist Mr Manoj Bhargava, his Co is famous for producing 5- hour Energy Drink,amazingly he invest 99% of his fortunes to fix the world .As per Forbes Report he's the wealthiest Indian in America. It would be wonderful if our Shahid Khan joins the philanthropic efforts with Manoj Bhargava, to help the institutions and organizations engaged in philanthropy.
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Apr 26, 2018 08:19pm
Mr. Khan, I am following the news about your success for more than 30 years. I wish you very best and pray for your more success. My request is to you; would you please do some Philanthropy work in Pakistan, such as opening a hospital for poor or opening a series of schools in all over Pakistan which provide a quality education for poor people.
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Apr 26, 2018 08:37pm
Why he is not investing in Pakistan sport ?
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Apr 26, 2018 10:10pm
Congratulations Mr Khan. Even though I am a Saints fan but last season I was cheering for the Jaguars. Blessings and very proud of you. North Carolinian Pakistani.wishes you good luck with the upcoming purchase.
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Apr 26, 2018 10:41pm
Wow. Good to hear such news. May you succeed to get the stadium
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Apr 26, 2018 10:49pm
See, under a good and fair leadership Pakistan only Excel and Achieve. Foreign Pakistanis are a perfect example.
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Apr 26, 2018 11:37pm
He is a good person and good businessman as well.
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Apr 27, 2018 12:31am
All power to Shahid Saheb. Buy more and be happy
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Apr 27, 2018 01:20am
Congratulations is in order,well done
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Apr 27, 2018 05:06am
Why not investing in Pakistan?
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Apr 27, 2018 01:10pm
Invest in Pakistan for a Pak background person would be lot better
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Apr 27, 2018 10:27pm
@Mahen - those who have looted Pakistan sent their money abroad, you want someone who worked for his money in America to invest in Pakistan? Mind boggling.
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Apr 28, 2018 12:24pm
@Gen Akthar ret. Mr. Shahid khan has a humble begining from Lahore, Pakistan. He came on a student visa and earned an engineering degree from University of Illinous at Urbana - Champaign which is a govt funded university.
He hS made most of the money by manufacturing light weight auto bumpers. He has built
bumper plants in Europe and Asia except Pakistan. He donates millions of dollars every year to his alma mater, a govt funded university (State of Illinois) at Urbana but not a penny to any hospital or school in Pakistan. Indian origin millionaires contribute huge sums to politicians for favors to their community/ country. its very unfotunate that his contribution to the Pakistani community in USA or his country is zero.
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