Alan Shearer has made a Newcastle and Chelsea fan comparison to justify why supporters could potentially back a Saudi Media takeover if their offer was to be selected by the Raine Group.
The deadline for offers has now passed by and at least five bids have been officially submitted to the Raine Group, who will make a shortlist with the potential final candidates revealed as early as Monday. Initially, it was reported by the Athletic that the much spoken about Saudi Media bid had no been officially presented by the deadline but those claims had been knocked back by reports on Saturday afternoon prior to kick off in Middlesbrough vs Chelsea.
With the bids now in ahead of the new week, Chelsea fans have started to adjust to what a new ownership structure could look like should there be ethical issues attached to them, just like with Newcastle's Saudi owners. The main difference being though that Mohamed Al Khereiji's consortium are not said to have any 'direct' links to any 'state' involvement from the Saudi government despite Newcastle's PIF ownership feeling 'dubious' about the whole situation.
