Ongoing enquiries into allegations of sexual abuse against former Harrods chairman Mohamed Al Fayed have unearthed new testimony linked to Fulham FC. Al Fayed, who died aged 94 in August 2023, owned the club between 1997 and 2013.

Fulham FC launches probe into former owner Mohamed Al-Fayed after Harrods rape and sexual assault allegations - Mohamed Al-Fayed owned Fulham for 16 years as they rose from League One to the Premier L

There is “credible evidence of abuse” at Fulham under the ownership of Mohamed Al-Fayed, according to lawyers representing women who allege rape and sexual abuse while working at his famous department store,

For Fulham, the shadow of the new allegations made last week against their former owner, Mohamed Al Fayed, is inescapable. In the words of Dean Armstrong KC, representing 37 women who allege they were sexually abused by Al Fayed, Fulham were once owned by “a monster”.