According to the Daily Mail, Mohamed Al Fayed has apologised to the Shakhtar Donetsk squad after they were prevented from shopping at Harrods in the build-up to last night’s Europa League tie at Craven Cottage.
‘The store’s owner has made apologies for that incident,’ Shakhtar said on their website.
‘Mohamed Al Fayed assured that there must have been some misunderstanding.
On the contrary, he would be happy to see Shakhtar players at his shops. The billionaire is very upset over this incident and made his apology.”Shakhtar’s CEO Sergiy Palkin has let Rinat Akhmetov, the president of the club, know about such regrets. The apologies are accepted. The issue is settled.’
That was sorta BS. When I went to Harrod’s the last time I visited London, I basically looked like a homeless person.
Some of my more scruffy friends have been turned away from Harrods before. Of course, I disassociated myself from then quickly. Good mind games from Fulham, though …
When I went there they were very quick to make sure people didn’t carry bags over their shoulders – didn’t want us breaking the exhibits, sorry I mean merchandise – so I can understand 30 people in big puffy jackets being an obvious target.
Best chant of the night was “You’ll never shop at Harrods”.