AMNESTY RAISES CONCERNS OVER NEWCASTLE TAKEOVER Sky Sports

AMNESTY RAISES CONCERNS OVER NEWCASTLE TAKEOVER

Sky Sports

Monday 21st April 2020


Amnesty International has written to the Premier League to raise their concerns over the £300m purchase of Newcastle United by a consortium of buyers including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Amnesty is asking Premier League chief executive Richard Masters to fully consider the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia as part of the Premier League's owners and directors test.

In the letter to Masters, Amnesty UK's director Kate Allen says there are "serious questions for the Premier League to address" concerning the deal.

She said: "The coronavirus crisis has already thrown a spotlight on football and its need to treat players and staff fairly, and now there's a danger that the pandemic could obscure the need for a cool, measured and genuinely ethical decision over this Newcastle deal.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman is part of the consortium led by businesswoman Amanda Staveley
"All businesses need to safeguard against any possible links to human rights violations, and English football is no different.

"We're absolutely not saying who should end up running Newcastle United, but unless the Premier League pauses and looks seriously at the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia it risks becoming a patsy - a willing dupe of those trying to sportswash their abysmal human rights records."

How many poor slave labourers have died on building sites in Qatar servicing the fat corrupt farce that is the next world cup? ?What has FIFA done er...nothing.What about the whole corruption of football worldwide .Football is rotten to the core money is everything.Remember we stopped being considered fans years ago we are "customers". City supporters know a little about this.The game went to hell in a handcart years ago.Let Newcastle have their dream being owned by countries which beheads apostates, hangs gay people from cranes and locks up anyone who thinks differently Let the Geordies have their day in the sun,
It is football which is in the gutter.

How many poor slave labourers have died on building sites in Qatar servicing the fat corrupt farce that is the next world cup? ?What has FIFA done er...nothing.What about the whole corruption of football worldwide .Football is rotten to the core money is everything.Remember we stopped being considered fans years ago we are "customers". City supporters know a little about this.The game went to hell in a handcart years ago.Let Newcastle have their dream being owned by countries which beheads apostates, hangs gay people from cranes and locks up anyone who thinks differently Let the Geordies have their day in the sun,
It is football which is in the gutter.