Premiership: I want Cottagers to be as big as united - Al Fayed

Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed today promised that the whirlwind Craven Cottage revolution will continue until the Londoners are as big a club as Manchester United or Barcelona.

In a rare interview, the eccentric Harrods boss was gushing in his praise of the club’s supporters and insisted he sees ‘‘no reason’’ why the team cannot follow their meteoric rise from Division Three to the Premiership with even more success.