Former Crystal Palace owner and talkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan has taken aim at the Premier League and Richard Masters in relation to Newcastle United's 'laughable' takeover. The former Eagles owner says he's unaware of any regulation that states why a state cannot own a Premier League club - something that Gary Neville also believes needs clarifying with the introduction of an ownership license.
Jordan was speaking after the Toon takeover was thrust back under the spotlight, after Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and chairman of Newcastle United, was handed a summons from the lawyers representing the PGA Tour or the San Francisco federal court will issue a judgment by default against him, likely incurring a financial penalty.
A judge approved the PGA Tour’s request to include Al-Rumayyan and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund as defendants in its lawsuit against LIV golf - a rival competition set up last year - a suit filed in response to LIV’s ongoing lawsuit against the tour for allegedly breaking federal antitrust laws in its attempt to quash LIV in its inaugural 2022 season.
