Graeme Souness insists Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund should be nowhere near Newcastle United. The former Magpies manager did not hold back when discussing the ownership of his former club on ITV's coverage of Argentina vs Saudi Arabia at the World Cup in Qatar.
The Toon takeover was scrutinised to the highest degree, but eventually was given the green light, despite Saudi Arabia's questionable human rights record. There were accusations and allegations of sportwashing from across the globe, but once PIF had proven it was a separate entity to the state and piracy issues were ironed out, the Premier League approved the takeover.
"Football is such a vehicle for good and bad," Souness told ITV. "The sportswashing that’s going on in our own country, Newcastle, there’s no way the Saudi’s should have Newcastle United - nowhere near it.
