The amazing Moment ‘Newcastle’s Saudi Owners Targeted By Scathing Graeme Souness ‘Sports washing’ Assessment’ Graeme Souness has blasted Newcastle United’s Saudi Arabian owners, claiming the Gulf state should be ‘nowhere near the Premier League club. During an ITV1 piece on sports washing during the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Souness made his feelings about the Public Investment Fund abundantly clear.
Newcastle’s Saudi Owners Targeted By Scathing Graeme Souness ‘Sports washing’ Assessment
Ahead of Argentina vs Saudi Arabia at the 80,000-capacity Lusail Stadium, Laura Woods, Roy Keane and Joe Cole joined Souness in addressing sports-washing concerns surrounding Qatar’s successful World Cup bid. And on the topic of Argentina’s opponents, the latter slammed the state’s widely-heralded ownership of Newcastle.
Souness said: “Football is such a vehicle for good and bad. You know, the sports washing that’s going on in our own country. Newcastle… there’s no way the Saudis should have Newcastle United. They shouldn’t be anywhere near it.
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“But it’s not an ideal world that we’re operating in. The Saudis have invested in our country for decades. Football now has such a profile that the Saudis see, the people of Abu Dhabi see it, and the Americans see it. It’s a chance to improve whatever brand they’re involved in.”
He said: “Football is such a vehicle for good and bad. You know, the sports washing that’s going on in our own country. Newcastle… there’s no way the Saudis should have Newcastle United. They shouldn’t be anywhere near it.
“But it’s not an ideal world that we’re operating in. The Saudis have invested in our country for decades. Football now has such a profile that the Saudis see, the people of Abu Dhabi see it, and the Americans see it. It’s a chance to improve whatever brand they’re involved in.”
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