Getting shirty: Barack Obama appears not to be a
Brazil fan either
As if things couldn't get any worse for West Ham, it
seems they have now lost the backing of their most famous - and
powerful - fan.
US President Barack Obama, who attended a West Ham game while on
a London visit six years ago, has apparently ditched the Hammers
for Dubai-based club Al Wasl after he received a shirt from a
fan.
The leader of the free world, possibly dismayed at the Irons
poor performances on the field and the financial difficulties off
it, was delighted to receive the replica kit and went on to wish
the club 'success in all competitions.'
The US President, whose half-sister Auma is married to a West
Ham-supporting Englishman, won the Nobel Peace Prize recently but
he will have caused ructions down at the Boleyn Ground after the
locals took the most powerful man in the world to their hearts when
he declared his love for the claret and blues during a trip to the
UK five years ago.
To be fair to Obama you can understand why he has made the
switch - the troubled Hammers come nowhere near to matching Al
Wasl's record of seven UAE Premier Division titles and two
President Cup victories.
And the Emrites-based club is owned by the ruler of Dubai's
brother, Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, so they're certainly not
short of a bob or two.
The American leader received the shirt with the number 44 on the
back (as in the 44th President) and the fan who sent Obama
the shirt has stated he hopes to recruit the Queen to ranks of Al
Wasl fans.
One would be very amused.
