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By RIATH AL-SAMARRAI Published: 05: 27 AEST, 23 May 2025 | Updated: 07: 52 AEST, 23 May 2025 94 View comments Millwall and Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh are understood to have held talks over a shock investment in the Championship side. Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia's general entertainment authority, has spearheaded the huge Saudi investment in boxing in the last two years and has been looking for a way in to English football. Multiple teams from these shores have approached Alalshikh in recent months and sources have told Mail Sport there has been dialogue with Millwall, who finished eighth in the second tier. Millwall insisted on Thursday evening that the club is not for sale and denied that discussions have been held. The club is owned by Millwall Holdings Limited and has been chaired by James Berylson since his father and predecessor, the late John Berylson, died in a motor vehicle accident in 2023. Last month Mail Sport columnist Simon Jordan revealed Alalshikh had asked him about buying an English football club. Jordan advised him to buy Sheffield Wednesday, who finished four places below Millwall in the Championship. Alashikh, who last week cut ties with Spanish second tier side Almeria, has reposted and replied to Millwall social media posts this week. Championship side Millwall is thought to be in talks over a potential investment from Saudi At the centre of the deal is Turki Alalshikh, who has masterminded the country's investment into big-money boxing Millwall narrowly missed out on play-off places in this season's Championship, finishing 8th
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