The Saudis have been looking at investing in a football club for the last decade long before the murder of the journalist. They have to diversify their investments away from fossil fuels. Their wealth fund invests in all sorts of sectors as well as sport and leisure. The idea that their whole investment strategy is just a so-called "sportswashing" exercise is ludicrous.
Why ?Saudi is a disgrace and should be removed from the game as soon as possible.
Relegation for Newcastle will do.
Do u really need to ask that question??Premier league to meet amnesty international, who is making these decisions?
We weren’t lucky to have Pep it was planned Lets hope the vision extends post Pep, succession planning for all keys roles at the club is paramountThats true but we were also lucky to have Pep during half of that decade, and except for his 1st season when we finished 3rd, he never had us finish below 2nd place. If we didnt have Pep maybe we would have dropped out of top 4 a couple of times , with Pellegrini we finished 1st, then 2nd then 4th. Pep came just in time.
Sport washing a oxymoron a total contradiction If such a thing did exist beyond the imagination of the media and associated cronies then it’s a failed concept Let’s buy a PL football club, it’s only loose change for us after all, then everyone will love us and ignore the alleged wrong doings and breaches of human rights Well that workedHardly. Your own post contains a reason why they might want to have a sportswashing beacon in English football.
If Newcastle United's evalue grew to ten times of the purchase price, it would still be worth less than 1% of the PIF.
Sport washing a oxymoron a total contradiction If such a thing did exist beyond the imagination of the media and associated cronies then it’s a failed concept Let’s buy a PL football club, it’s only loose change for us after all, then everyone will love us and ignore the alleged wrong doings and breaches of human rights Well that worked
You can't seriously believe that the Saudis think buying Newcastle will mask crackdowns on dissidents? I have a degree of sympathy with the anti-"Saudi in football" group in here but you really don't help yourself with that sort of rhetoric.Strawman.
As others have alluded the kingdom is transforming the structure of their economy to move away from reliance on petrochemicals.
With economic change, political change follows behind. But there will be a struggle between the establishment (leading members of the Royal family, traditional islamic/patriarchal elements) and feminists and civil liberty campaigners.
Too much political change and the House of Saud could lose their grip on power.
The sportswashing investment is smoke and mirrors PR to mask the crackdowns and push-backs against the activists and dissidents.
“Sport washing” doesn’t work it’s achieves the opposite and if you think otherwise you must be part of the “what’s app group “Strawman.
As others have alluded the kingdom is transforming the structure of their economy to move away from reliance on petrochemicals.
With economic change, political change follows behind. But there will be a struggle between the establishment (leading members of the Royal family, traditional islamic/patriarchal elements) and feminists and civil liberty campaigners.
Too much political change and the House of Saud could lose their grip on power.
The sportswashing investment is smoke and mirrors PR to mask the crackdowns and push-backs against the activists and dissidents.
Sports-washing is a ridiculous term due to the bad publicity you get after buying a football club. If anything it’s the opposite as all of a sudden everything is scrutinised.Sport washing a oxymoron a total contradiction If such a thing did exist beyond the imagination of the media and associated cronies then it’s a failed concept Let’s buy a PL football club, it’s only loose change for us after all, then everyone will love us and ignore the alleged wrong doings and breaches of human rights Well that worked