Former Premier League club owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi has been left injured after being stabbed when he confronted masked robbers in his home.
The Sun report that the ex-Nottingham Forest owner was thought to have been sleeping when the assailants burst into his room and attacked him at his £10 million London house.
The Kuwaiti entrepreneur, who was in charge of Forest between 2012-2017, was left with stab wounds on his hand. Arab Times Kuwait say Al-Hasawi resisted and fought back, forcing the intruders to flee and leave behind their weapons, but he also suffered a neck injury and scratches on his face in the process.
An image posted to social media showed the 57-year-old in a Mayfair hospital with his left hand bandaged, plus a separate bandage on the little finger of his right hand. Another photo showed his blood-stained bed. It’s understood the incident happened earlier this month.
Aftermath of attack on Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Aftermath of attack on Fawaz Al-Hasawi
(Credit: @FAHDMZAEL on X)
Met Police Provide Update
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The Met Police have said Al-Hasawi’s injuries were not life-threatening or life-changing. While inquiries were continuing, the former Forest owner’s lawyers have urged the authorities to provide more details of the attack, claiming other visitors from the Arabian Gulf “fear facing similar incidents”.
The Sun add that Al-Hasawi is a collector of watches who ‘flashes them on social media’. An Instagram account linked to the former football chairman has 90,000 followers, with the bio reading: “You cannot control everything that happens to you; you can only control the way you respond to what happens. In your response is your power.”
Al-Hasawi’s lawyer, Khawla Mubarak Al-Hasawi, provided an update on Fawaz’s condition via X (Twitter). She reportedly posted: “Fawaz is fine, by God’s grace. May God protect him from all harm and bless him with the safety of his son, Abdulaziz.”
Al-Hasawi Expressed Regrets Over Forest Tenure
Nottingham Forest fans protesting against Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Nottingham Forest fans protesting against Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Al-Hasawi purchased Forest from the estate of Nigel Doughty in 2012 and went through nine different managers in five years. The Midlands club were then sold to Evangelos Marinakis, who has followed a similar approach in terms of hiring and firing managers, in May 2017.
Months after selling Forest, Al-Hasawi told BBC Sport that he had learned from his mistakes and would adopt a backseat role if he takes over at another club.
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"It was my dream to go to the Premier League, but I couldn't do it and I am sorry I couldn't," he said at the time. “In the future if I buy a club I will bring a chairman and chief executive and let them do their job."
He added: "It was good experience in this country and I learned things that I didn't learn in Kuwait. In Kuwait we were winning all the time.
"Here we did not do well. I was shocked. I thought it was going to be easy but here it is very difficult - especially in the Championship where anybody can beat anybody."