'Based in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which football club is owned by Assem Allam?
Assem Allam playing staff". In October 2011, Allam signed a three-year sponsorship of the British Open Squash Championships. The event was successfully moved to Kingston upon Hull in 2013 and repeated in 2014 and 2015. Assem Allam Assem Allam (Arabic: عاصم علام; born 1 August 1939) is an Egyptian-British businessman, based since 1968 in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He is the owner of Allam Marine, an industrial generator manufacturer, and owner of EFL Championship club Hull City. Born in Egypt in 1939, Allam moved to the UK from Gamal Abdel Nasser's regime in Egypt in 1968. He studied economics at the
Assem Allam having been on a poor run of two wins in 15 games, and firmly in a relegation battle. As of late 2017, the club has still been made available for sale by the Allam family, with Assem Allam stating that the club "is no closer to being sold". Allam has cited issues with the club's stadium ownership and "militant" fan backlash surrounding the running of the club as reasons for a potential sale being delayed. In May 2011, Allam gave a £1 million gift to Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league club "to be used for stadium improvements and strengthening the