Sheikh Hamdan pays for fans to watch ACL games in China

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His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and president of Al Ahli Football Club, will pay the travel costs of 400 fans to watch the second leg of the Asian Champions League final. According to national news agency WAM, the move is to enable the supporters to cheer their team on against Chinese champions, Guangzhou Evergrande. The tie is finely poised going into the second leg a week on Saturday, after a goalless draw in Dubai last weekend.

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