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.
Bristol City are owned by the wealthy Lansdown family, who have built the Championship club up steadily over the years while redeveloping the ground.
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 Crystal Palace owner, claimed he had advised Alalshikh to buy Sheffield Wednesday.
But with Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund owning Newcastle, Alalshikh is focused on targets in the south and has been linked with both Millwall and Southampton.
And now his sights are set on Bristol City.
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.
Israel 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.
Turki, 43, is also interested in professional tennis.
The Saudi chief set up last winter‘s lucrative “Six Kings” event involving the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz – while Riyadh struck a deal to host the WTA Finals between 2024 and 2026.
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