Alan Shearer has launched a staunch defence of Chelsea and Newcastle supporters by insisting they "don't have to agree" with the owners of their clubs.
Football club ownership has been a hotly-debated topic this season since the Magpies were taken over by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) in October. The PIF is chaired by Saudi royal Mohammed bin Salman, whose regime saw 81 men executed in one day earlier in March.
Chelsea, meanwhile, have been owned by Roman Abramovich since 2003 but his tenure will soon end as the Blues are up for sale. The Russian oligarch has been sanctioned by the government due to his links to Vladimir Putin, who brought war to Eastern Europe by invading Ukraine in February.
