I remember the anecdote where Sir John Hall was apparently holding forth to PH-W in the directors' box at St James' Park about how Newcastle were going to be the next Barcelona. Apparently, PH-W simply replied 'Bullshít'.
By the sounds of it this bloke is more “fake Sheikh” than the owners of PSG and City. He supposedly tried to buy Liverpool a little while ago and their owners said he was all talk and didn’t have the money.