WIMBLEDON — For a while, all anyone knew about Arthur Fery was that his Dad owned a football club.
And that’s not even true any more after his father Loic, a successful investment manager, sold Ligue 1 outfit Lorient earlier this year.
But fortunately Fery Jr has taught the country a whole lot more about him over the last 10 days, winning four matches on the spin at Wimbledon and becoming the first British wildcard ever to reach the quarterfinals of a grand slam. He will face French Open finalist Flavio Cobolli to try and keep the Fery-tale going.
His accession to British No 2 has brought with it the usual onslaught of social media trolls who love to hate, specifically accusing the Paris-born Fery of being French, and also a nepobaby: various sources in France have listed his father’s net worth as between £250m and £300m.
Loic Fery moved the family from Paris to London when Arthur was a baby (Photo: PA)
