Time stands still for no man – even Jacko - The Times (subscription)

Shahid Khan, the Pakistan-born American owner of Fulham, has announced that he is taking down the Michael Jackson statue at Craven Cottage. Is nothing sacred?

Once again, we see a foreign owner playing fast and loose with the history of the English game. Once again, it's as if the traditions that give a football club its identity count for nothing. First Vincent Tan, from Malaysia, takes over at Cardiff and, ignoring 114 years of association (and the club's nickname), switches the team's shirts from blue to red. And now Khan abruptly declares that he is dismantling the club's large and