Newcastle United are owned by Saudi Arabian government money. The Saudi government and the new Newcastle chairman gave assurances to the EPL and denied the new chairman was a member of the Saudi Gov. This plus clamping down on Saudi EPL pirates (that’s why there’s no Hesgoal, UAE based BEIN Sports pay a lot to show EPL games in the Arab world, UAE and Saudis are not pals and the Saudis allowed the pirates to operate freely) was enough for the EPL to let the previously blocked takeover of Newcastle United to go ahead.
A Golf related court case was heard in America last week between LIV and the PGA. LIV, the Saudi funded golf tournaments are funded by the same Saudi Gov investment fund (PIF, I think?) that bought Newcastle United. In the court papers in the US, AL Rumyyan, the Newcastle Chairman was named as a sitting member of the Saudi Goverment. A government that publicly beheads people own an EPL club. Several EPL clubs are demanding answers.