Newcastle is very close to being acquired by Saudi Arabia, ruled by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, as it gets closer and closer to solving the company’s existing piracy problem. beIN Sports, the broadcasting partner of the Premier League in this Middle Eastern country.
The regime’s offer in Saudi Arabia, Asia’s largest Arabic-speaking country, to buy Newcastle and turn it into a title-challenging force was held back last summer by the state’s alleged involvement in piracy in the premiere broadcast.
but beIN Sports paid € 500 million for the rights to watch the Premier League in the Middle East and North Africa, and therefore the four and a half year ban will be lifted in Saudi Arabia, so for the first time there will be a legal way to watch Premier League matches in that country.
However, objections to this operation to transfer Newcastle into the hands of the Saudi government are still pending due to state involvement in the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist criticizing the regime who was killed and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate. , Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2018, according to unnamed Turkish police sources.
Recall that the US CIA report said that the ordering party was Mohammad bin Salman, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
