For Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, this afternoon at Bramall Lane marks the end of one of the most bitter and expensive battles for control of a Premier League club since Liverpool last changed hands, although one suspects we are only getting started.

The new owner of Sheffield United, whose legal team emerged victorious from the High Court on Monday, is due to lay out his vision for the future of one of the oldest football clubs in the world, back on the rise once more.

For their 130-year history the Blades have been presided over by a series of local chairmen from Yorkshire who, to borrow an old phrase, say what they like and like what they bloody well say, although things are changing.

Defeat for previous chairman Kevin McCabe in the battle to take outright control means that the new incumbent will be Prince Musaad bin Khalid bin Musaad Al Saud, who also happens to be Prince Abdullah’s son-in-law. Like all new Premier League club owners with a dream to sell and a sceptical fanbase to win over, Prince Abdullah has retained the services of a London-based public relations agency although even they were at some loss to answer questions yesterday.

They could confirm that Prince Abdullah no longer holds the position of “General President of Youth Welfare” in his native Riyadh, a position often cited as the reason he has barely seen a game at Bramall Lane since he originally entered into partnership with McCabe in 2013. The reason for his investment is that he is “passionate about the Premier League”, and that investment is private, according to his PR, and unrelated to any nation state. He was “attracted to the potential” of the Blades and, as an owner intends to be “involved, but in the background”.