He later sold another second-tier club to Mohammed Al-Khereiji in May 2025, which subsequently cleared the path for Cristiano Ronaldo to become a co-owner in February.
Derby County supporter and boxing manager Sam Jones, who has collaborated with Al-Sheikh, expressed enthusiasm for the potential financial backing.
Jones referenced a massive boxing event orchestrated by Al-Sheikh at the Pyramids of Giza in May, which featured Oleksandr Usyk against Rico Verhoeven and Jack Catterall on the undercard.
"In my 10 years in boxing I've been to some very mad places, and my fighter Jack has just won a world title on the foot of the pyramids," Jones told BBC Radio Derby.
"Before Jack's ring walk, about half an hour before, there was a bit of a sandstorm. It was completely crazy.
But to have that type of vision for boxing, to put on a show there, you've got to have serious ambition."
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"And if Turki Al-Sheikh does take over the club or invest heavily in the club, whatever he's doing, and he puts in a quarter of the effort that he has done with boxing, making all the biggest fights come true, then Derby County fans need to be very excited."
