Newcastle United’s St James’ Park is set to host the Saudi Arabia national team for two international friendlies.
chief executive Richard Masters claimed he took Newcastle owners’ claims that Saudi Arabia had no control over Newcastle “very seriously”.
Documents were submitted on behalf of the PIF to a U.S court earlier this year which described the fund as a"sovereign instrumentality of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" while governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the chairman of Newcastle, was referred to as a"sitting minister of the Saudi government". Masters, who faced questions on the subject from the DCMS select committee earlier this year, was quizzed once again about that issue at the Premier League launch day.he said:"I'm going to repeat what I've probably said in the select committee which is I can't really comment on it.
"We don't normally comment at all on investigations until the point of charge and we're not at that stage yet so there's nothing I can really say about it. Obviously, we are fully aware of those documents."Featured Image Credit:
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