Lawyers working on behalf of Newcastle's owners have argued in a US court that PIF should be considered a 'foreign state'
Lawyers working on behalf of Newcastle’s owners have argued in a US court that PIF should be considered a ‘foreign state’
In a court case in the United States, lawyers working on behalf of PIF have argued that the Tyneside club’s chairman, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, is “a sitting minister of the government” and that “PIF is not an ordinary third party”. Yet it appears to entirely contradict what the Premier League were told when it signed off on PIF buying Newcastle in October 2021 for £300m, having been given assurances that the Saudi state would have no say on the running of the club.In a statement sent to, protest group Newcastle United Fans Against Sportswashing believes that the Premier League was lied to during the takeover.
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