 November 7, 2020 After receiving a cheer from one of the members of the crowd, Sunak added: 'Oh, wow, is there a Saints fan here? Look at that, brilliant. 'Well, there's three of them. Amazing. Well, if I could run Southampton Football Club, I would be a very happy man.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video In August, Sunak again spoke about Southampton, quizzed on how his club could end a bad run of results. 'I'm going to be unpopular for saying it here, starting by beating [Manchester] United this weekend,' Sunak said, despite the fact the Saints were due to play Leicester instead. Sunak has also tweeted about Southampton in the past, for example in November 2020, when the south coast club sat at the top of the Premier League table. 'Taken 32 years but worth the wait,' he posted alongside a picture of the table. 'Now let's hope it lasts.' Southampton, c){kind=link}
Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister of the UK, supports Premier League club Southampton FC, who are nicknamed the Saints.
Sunak replaced Liz Truss as Conservative leader this week and took part in PMQs for the first time as PM on Wednesday, going up against Labour’s Keir Starmer.
His party may be blue, but Sunak’s loyalties are firmly on the red side of the south coast and he is a big supporter of Southampton Football Club.
His favourite player is Saints legend Matt Le Tissier and the Southampton-born MP has previously said he would love to one day run the club.
Sunak’s father Yashvir had a season ticket to watch the Saints and Sunak said that he was given a card signed by the whole squad for his 18th birthday, which became ‘one of his most prized possessions’.