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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jacob Steinberg

Fulham’s Tony Khan: ‘Craven Cottage builds an intimacy. There’s an identity to the club’

Tony Khan has had increasing influence over the past decade at the club his father, Shahid, bought in 2013.
Tony Khan has had increasing influence over the past decade at the club his father, Shahid, bought in 2013. Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock

Tony Khan does not look or sound like a man who has just watched his team lose a local derby in agonising circumstances. If he is feeling bruised after seeing Fulham fall to a last-minute defeat at home to Chelsea he is hiding it well. Instead Khan, the vice-chairman and director of football operations, brings nothing but positivity when he breezes into a small, private room at Craven Cottage and starts to talk about his hopes for the future.

The most immediate issue is whether Fulham’s push for European qualification is still on. “Oh absolutely,” says Khan, on a flying visit to London from his Florida base. “We have a very good chance and we have so many exciting things we can achieve in the remaining fixtures. It’s been such a great season. There’s a lot of great things happening at the club. It’s been so fantastic. I’m really excited for the future.”

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