There are growing calls on the Premier League to reassess the relationship of Newcastle United’s owners to Saudi Arabia’s government after chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan was named as “a sitting minister” of the Middle East state's government in a US court brief.
Amnesty International have said that the league will “surely need to re-examine the assurances made about the non-involvement of the Saudi authorities in the Newcastle deal” after the Public Investment Fund, which bought 80% of the St James’ Park club, said it was a “sovereign instrumentality of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” in the case between their LIV Golf organisation and the PGA Tour.
The Premier League are refusing to comment on the court submissions but several clubs, who opposed the takeover from the outset, are understood to have raised concerns.
