Gaute Haugenes, who managed the team from 2001 to 2003, told the BBC members of staff were aware Mr Al Fayed ‘liked young, blonde girls’.

Fulham FC has said it is "deeply troubled" by the dozens of "disturbing" sexual abuse allegations against its former owner Mohamed al Fayed.

Precautions were put in place to protect Fulham’s women’s team from the club’s late owner Mohamed Fayed, a former manager has said. Five women have alleged that they were raped by Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, with a number of others alleging sexual misconduct.

Late former Fulham owner Mohamed Al Fayed has been accused of rape by several women who worked at luxury London department store Harrods

Players at Fulham Football Club were protected from the club's late owner, says a former manager. Gaute Haugenes, who managed the women's team from 2001 to 2003, told the BBC that staff were aware that Mohamed Al Fayed "liked young, blonde girls".