It's no surprise that Howe joins Tyson Fury and a host of Saudi Pro League players in doing the kingdom's bidding willingly
It’s no surprise that Howe joins Tyson Fury and a host of Saudi Pro League players in doing the kingdom’s bidding willinglyWe should know by now that righteous outrage is futile, that morality, no matter how heavily weaponised or justified, crumbles at the feet of the Saudi riyal.“If sportswashing going to increase my GDP by 1 per cent, then we’ll continue doing sportswashing,” he said.
Infantino’s sanction of Saudi Arabia, within a year of the last World Cup in the region, is the logical conclusion of a process that continues unseen around diplomatic tables and boardrooms of major international banks and global business conglomerates. Yes folks, money makes the world go round.
We are fed daily bulletins from the Saudi Pro League, a key feature of the normalising process. Whilst fans consume the febrile content of a match between Al-Nassr and Al-Ettifaq, for example, which saw Henderson and Ronaldo involved in some argy-bargy or other, what is essentially a police state continues its oppression and abuse of citizens.
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