Why Has the Newcastle Takeover Suddenly Happened?

[@Xdrakemanx]

With 434 billion dollars, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund could get in depth football coverage from The Athletic for several billion years.

[@saptarshiroy449]

I feel like this comment has gone unappreciated

[@MrArchimedes]

You could probably do that with about twenty quid the way they throw offers at you whenever you cancel.

[@highnoon7097]

I'm not sure the Arabs care for balanced journalism. I just hope that the likes of Rafa Hoenigstein, Adam Crafton et al don't spend too much time at foreign embassies

[@rohanlala5351]

@@highnoon7097 ouch... too soon... damn

[@highnoon7097]

@@rohanlala5351 I wasn't really meaning that as a joke. Let's say the athletic uncover something about the takeover, for example they debunk the claim that's currently being made by the consortium that the Saudis aren't the majority stakeholder in this takeover. Clearly we know they are the majority for this takeover, its just a matter of proving it

[@ROL4NDpkmnguide]

Love how the thing blocking the takeover wasn’t the violation of Human Rights but a question of broadcasting

[@maxine2798]

Exactly. This is another disgrace. Good luck to the Toon fans but be prepared for a lot of mocking Mike Ashley might be an unpleasant person but.........lets have a think what this lot get up to? Success at any price, so what stage does this price become too much?

[@Nawa11YT]

Human rights are bulshit. No one bats an eye until it benefits them.

[@t.papuashvili7613]

@@Nawa11YT No one bats an eye *as long as* it benefits them

[@maxine2798]

@@Nawa11YT I wouldn't want to live in your world. Some of us think human rights are important. Wars have been fought over them. Religions have divided and divided people over them. I care about human rights around the world. DO you?

[@Tensaroxx]

@@maxine2798 Honest guy mike ashley but shearer's bar, keegan's dissrespect and sports direct arena were not a good move but from a commercial standpoint it was cuz it allowed more money flow in club but still mike had the cojones and also said that if somebody came along he will not stop it that's good gesture ppl say he did wrong to rename stadium ik it was but it made more money to flow into club easy and his net sped and profit allows new owners to work freely without any ffp shackles for next 3 years so he did a gr8 gestue for newcastle fans tbf

[@5minutesto12am6]

Lifelong Newcastle United fan right here, as of 5 hours ago.

[@rohan14040]

😂😂

[@johnnysecular]

😂😂😂

[@jasonjason7823]

Lmao 😂

[@kingj7606]

lmao 🤣

[@leecattermolesleftearlobe2276]

couldn’t think of a shittier time to be a sunderland supporter

[@rasheedholder5155]

Well I'm a Spurs

[@onur7194]

@@rasheedholder5155 And i'm a Liverpool

[@J8M64]

They seem to be taking their anger out on Jake Humphrey on twitter at the minute. Weird bunch

[@tibodeclercq2131]

Maybe because Sunderland fans haven't tried out "The Athletic" yet

[@crosleybendix97]

Besides the Portsmouth defeat the other day, Sunderland's form has been immense, and they've made some exciting transfers that'll possibly help in their promotion! Not a bad time to be a fan, but this takeover is gonna rustle a few feathers.

[@samallardyce2522]

"its been a long life dream for me to play for newcastle united" - paul pogba august 2022

[@gomugomu3701]

maybe 2023 if they qualify for ucl

[@MrINSANITY321]

Who gave Graeme Souness a KZbin account ??

[@greatestanalyser2354]

😂

[@AA-eq7tw]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hki4464]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joshsfox6266]

St Maximin is going to go from being a fan favourite to 'not good enough for Newcastle United', in under 2 years.

[@Oldheadontheblock]

Nah he's world class and premier league best dribbler. He just needs better players around him.

[@doggerlander]

@@Oldheadontheblock he's ben arfa

[@Abdi-libaax]

Hes too good for them

[@lordhiguain7800]

He's welcome to Serie A.

[@mikelitorous5570]

@@Oldheadontheblock ASM is nowhere near world class at all hahahahaha

[@davidogundipe808]

It's good Tifo is covering this and I'm sure the Irish guy is enjoying this.

[@dendenn7383]

And true geordie

[@sambohan8068]

He just uploaded abt it lol

[@pm-of9yl]

@@sambohan8068 lmao

[@knight2189]

Just watched the vid

[@ankh_k]

If you mean JJ Bull he's Scottish.

[@eni1141]

Griezmann warned us 3 months ago . Congratulations Newcastle quintuple winners 2027

[@theo_2949]

🤣

[@thehappyloaf]

He did?

[@theo_2949]

@@thehappyloafhe was playing as Newcastle manager on football manager where he signed kylian and won everything with them when he was bored on a plane trip to a game or something

[@janvisser4132]

mwah, both City and PSG haven't won the Champions league yet, after like a decade of wasting billions. So it's not that easy.

[@ronshah246]

@@janvisser4132 but both of them have won their respective leagues more than any other club in that decade. So, it's like, about to happen anytime soon that they win the big prize as well

[@keithsledger6282]

We're getting to the point where if your club isn't owned by a James Bond super villain, there's no chance of winning the league.

[@maxine2798]

Do you expect the opposition to lose? No, I expect them to die.

[@eljefe9140]

Not really Liverpool still there

[@MrTompahallam]

Well said Keith. I personally find the who will win the league and cups boring now. The most interesting narratives in football are stories like Sheff Utd a few years back, Bielsa’s success at Leeds and West Ham’s renaissance. I don’t feel winning league garners much respect anymore given you can just buy the title

[@keithsledger6282]

@@MrTompahallam Yeah, I'm a Liverpool fan and I wouldn't want us to have an owner like Cities, I'd rather see FFP enforced properly and football to remain a little unpredictable.

[@keithsledger6282]

@@maxine2798 haha laughs in oddjob

[@ayato1292]

New fans be like "I've been a Newcastle fan because of Santiago munez"😂

[@Malyfcntoo]

Its funny because its true😂😭

[@noblesavvy7803]

Looney tunes

[@zebimicio5204]

Aint no shame being a fan because of the GOAT

[@jordywilliams]

Santi and Gav

[@dudeletsplay4792]

I mean .... he did make me a newcastle fan before the takover happend Exactly 6 years ago when i saw the movie

[@abelmedina5508]

Imagine Steve Bruce managing Haaland, Hazard and Mbappé in a Champions League final...

[@Garnachogoat]

He would still be dreaming about his chippy order

[@Toonga0]

Conte*

[@tibodeclercq2131]

Steve Bruce should try out The Athletic !

[@kevinrod14]

Steve Bruce is gone too!!! New owners new everything

[@cookiequacky8615]

He will be the first man out. Replaced by Zidane Conte etc. Then they will join City and Chelsea at the top and join those 2 teams and PSG at the top of the UCL. Historic clubs are doomed.

[@highnoon7097]

Who'd have thought that Mike Ashley's lack of spending in the past few years would eventually benefit the club, should it want to become the next big spender. Financial fair play operates on the basis of your profit and loss from the past 3 years. By not spending very little over this period, Ashley has made it a lot easier for the new owners to spend a ton on players now without having to worry about FFP.

[@greatestanalyser2354]

Exactly, Newcastle will be able to spend big

[@716_ハディくん]

Newcastle ffp limit for next transfer is around 200m euro

[@xxpringosxx]

and then afterwards, Newcastle can continue to spend BIG because they realize no one even worries about FFP 😂

[@dipthongthathongthongthong9691]

FFP he said… 😆😆😆😆

[@highnoon7097]

@@dipthongthathongthongthong9691 not sure you know how to use the "he said" expression, but thanks for coming

[@scottlawson1800]

Will the next bond movie have a villain who doesn't want to take over the world, but does sportswashing via the Premier League like real life villains do? The Man with the Golden Canary 🤔 The Spy Who Relegated Me 🤔 Never Say Bottleham Again 🤔 The Championship Is Not Enough 🤔 You Only Launder Twice 🤔 From Russia With Oil 🤔 License to Spend 🤔

[@gust2036]

😂😂 this is gold

[@snoringlemur2084]

Lmfao!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@himum3429]

Ffs 😂. These need to be the nxt movies for the new bond in a few years. 🤣

[@labanlabanleslie2520]

Funniest comment I've ever seen😂😂😂

[@msgpatient7850]

Please do more this is gold

[@clintstewart5545]

premier league, we are against racism for human rights lgtb rights etc until money comes into play then all that doesn't matter LOL

[@emanuelenicolo6131]

Oil league

[@pauldoodnath]

Same with f1

[@loubloom777]

money wins

[@uzair6449]

I think the Britishers should be the last ones to talk about human rights violations I think they don’t teach you your past in your history class. The east India company has committed human rights violations from Africa to India all over the globe. Your country is built by blood money.

[@joebloggs8292]

@@uzair6449 no it was built by invention and intelligence, the industrial revolution etc which allowed us to conquer the World and spread freedom, democracy, rule of law, property rights, wealth and free trade wherever we went. That’s what built Britain, not like you backwards, thirdworlders, still scrabbling around in the dust. Lol .

[@tullochgorum6323]

This is ugly - Amnesty is right - the EPL is selling its soul for cash. In other news, my own club Hearts has recently completed its journey to fan ownership and is now the largest fan-owned club in the UK. We know from Germany and from Green Bay in the NFL that the fan ownership model can work at scale. This is surely the best way to rescue the game from cynical billionaire investors.

[@thuo1000]

I'd rather have Arab owners than American investors. With the former, they invest heavily into the club and they actually give a damn about football as a game in its absolute sense. The latter, well, they use clubs to milk every penny out of it.

[@MrTompahallam]

Couldn’t agree more. Bayern have proved you can underspend most of the premier league and still have a world class team.

[@jadenhenry4531]

@@MrTompahallam Because the whole bundesliga are feeder clubs for Bayern 😂

[@tullochgorum6323]

@@thuo1000 Frankly, I think the game would be better off without either. After a crazy period when we were asset-stripped by eccentric Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov, local entrepreneur Ann Budge stepped up to fund the fan takeover, and she's just handed the Trust the last of her shares. Hearts is a small club, but the fans have contributed over £12 million and funded ground improvements too. Can you imagine what a Man U or an Arsenal or a Newcastle could raise? We need to see the EPL and the FA putting mechanisms in place to give fans the right to buy their clubs at a fair price.

[@MrTompahallam]

@@jadenhenry4531 yeah but that’s different. It’s a meritocracy and culturally they have build the best club…they are not funded by some countries sovereign wealth fund…

[@afc9408]

They need to buy Sangare 😂 and build the team around him

[@rashidkhalid3970]

First they will start of by raiding arsenals future prospects just like man city early days than will make the big moves halland mbappe etc

[@saywhatithink5006]

They can buy all Arsenals deadwood Elneny would fit right in

[@jakeheasman2040]

@@rashidkhalid3970 LOL Arsenal dont need to sell any of their top quality youth

[@dodiaguswandi5828]

Wll with that money they can buy Arsenal

[@Darwinek]

The guy is a mediocre ball kicker

[@johngarynavida]

Mbappe's dream of playing with his idol Joelinton is closer than we think.

[@vonelle9122]

Mad that the Human Rights violations weren’t actually the problem here, but rather a stupid copyright issue. Money talks…

[@dogdog2635]

As a Manchester City fan, I would like to announce I am a Newcastle fan now

[@grimaffiliations3671]

😂😭

[@brunofernandes2799]

You don't count anyway.

[@L4wr3nc3810]

Hahah this is spot on

[@imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580]

City fans like Newcastle fans always stuck by their clubs through the bad times.

[@doggerlander]

@@imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580 Yes, their multiple clubs

[@brendanobrien8198]

Newcastle deserved a new owner. But I think it’s wrong for a subsidiary of a foreign government (on top of the human rights issues) to be able to own a club in another nation.

[@jacobperez8921]

It’s absolutely wrong but sadly the premier league cares more about money than making sure any new owner of a premier league club resides in Great Britain rather than in another foreign country such as Saudi Arabia.

[@finlaycraig1810]

Yeah it's conflicting. On one hand i'm very happy for the long suffering NUFC fans but this is a big monkey's paw situation.. The club is just a marketing front for a backwards foreign state now.

[@emar_mora]

@@finlaycraig1810 do you really think Saudi Arabia is a backwards country 🤨 I mean they’ve dealt with COVID-19 better than the whole world man

[@stevendchu]

@@emar_mora I mean women literally weren't allowed to live on their own without permission from a male guardian til this June but ok sure. Hey maybe that's how they handled COVID so well, because part of the population isn't even allowed to go out on their own!

[@emar_mora]

@DDeglane16 it was 2014 when they got sars and that’s not even comparable to COVID… and okay you don’t think that makes the county less backwards then what does ? Maybe it’s safety ? Because it’s one of the safest countries in the world with low crime rates. I mean why are they backwards currently? Its not the same as 2010 anymore man

[@Kurt_Philanderer]

to my fellow arsenal fans out there. any vague hope we might have had of returning to the top four are now dead... DEAD!!!!

[@rohan14040]

😭😭😂😂😂😂

[@btb3614]

Disgusting, the last little piece of EPL’s soul just died. Now we can proudly say one of the clubs is owned by a multiple murderer. 👏🏼

[@larrydavid6852]

Still better than MA though.

[@AddictedGamerFIFA]

EPL has no soul, everything is purely financial. It was laughable when people were so outraged by the super league compared to what they have now, the only thing that changes is who has the rights to it.

[@o_s_byron2319]

@@AddictedGamerFIFA no one cares

[@jericho_80]

That was gone in the 90's mate 😅

[@mourningireland4560]

"Multiple" is a very kind word, given the scale of the beheadings etc.

[@cozmyk]

As a West Ham fan, this means we can finally take home the "worst owners in the league" award

[@rajs4719]

Still feel bad for you guys getting moved to the London Stadium

[@89mayya]

Surely not worse than ENIC?

[@melvynnpathaw8955]

Definitely... But Arsenal is also right up there😂😂😂

[@rajs4719]

@@melvynnpathaw8955 actually feel bad for Arsenal because how are they going to get European football at all assuming that Newcastle will settle in the top 4 pretty permanently

[@melvynnpathaw8955]

Raj S true... Their fans deserve much more though... And BTW, I'm a Chelsea fan

[@themagpie9able]

So it all comes down to cash. I'm a lifelong Newcastle United fan, and no Ashley apologist, but this is not a good day for the club or English football.

[@marcelohendrix6139]

mike ashley literally owns sweatshops so acting like you care about human rights now is rather ironic

[@janeztomazic5546]

Thank you, i guess some people still have morals

[@janeztomazic5546]

@@marcelohendrix6139 you really want to compare him to the saudi headchopper

[@Chris-oz9qx]

@@marcelohendrix6139 Google Khashoggi and just see what your new owner is

[@T.E.S.S.]

@@marcelohendrix6139 Ashley literally doesn't have people beheaded

[@chaddy9044]

Okay now hire Antonio Conte at the end of the season and make a big squad overhaul. Now that will get exciting 😂

[@ImmuneGEORGE]

End of the season?! He's without a club - why not now! 😁

[@benmungai5978]

@@ImmuneGEORGE Announce him already!!😂😂

[@natebaxter9551]

@@ImmuneGEORGE let him take his time, scout potential signings, and review the current squad instead of dealing with the day to day grind.

[@ImmuneGEORGE]

@@natebaxter9551 Steve Bruce is guaranteed to be gone before the Spurs game, we'll definitely be picking our permanent manager very soon. Maybe Graeme Jones will take charge of a couple of games, but we'll have a new permanent manager in for the January window. Whether that's Conte, Martinez or Gerrard etc... who knows!

[@jasperlawrence5361]

So a murderer is a fit and proper person to own a PL team? This is going to come back to haunt the PL in some way.

[@JoseAlvarez-ic9ju]

nah, common murderers are banned. only genocidal mass murderers are allowed

[@fawaz9647]

هل ننسى جرائمكم ؟😂

[@standard12th66]

Throwback to last year when people wanted football to be owned by the fans. Guess I'm watching Bundesliga

[@doggerlander]

"football for the fans" yeah right. im also going for the bundesliga and la liga now. only gonna watch Kloppo in the EPL...

[@rumi7000]

We need Newcastle : sensible transfers

[@brysonluke8]

We could have a front 3 of Mbappe, Neymar, and St. Max, and steve bruce would still say lump the ball down the wing to St. Max and see if he can dribble past every defender and score by himself. Cabbage head needs to go

[@exsandgrounder]

*stay

[@k2d10tode11]

'Money always wins' as 2Pac said 'Money rule the world.....' So yes give it 2years, Newcastle will be challenging for the League

[@selcukdilek4656]

Well, if Newcastle becomes a stable PL side, the relegation battle will be more exciting. But the European places might be less competitive, even not at all.

[@Nickkkkkkk344]

Not really. it will probably just be Fulham, West Brom, Watford, Norwich, Bournemouth rotating every other year

[@dzemilmehovic5271]

you already know top 4 in PL anyways

[@natebaxter9551]

@@dzemilmehovic5271 not necessarily. There are 5 teams for 4 spots.

[@dzemilmehovic5271]

@@natebaxter9551 at end it will be MNU Chelsea liverpool and City in top4 others cant get close to them

[@beneyweneys]

PSG: “You can’t defeat me!” Man City, Bayern and Chelsea: “I know, but he can.” *Newcastle*

[@johnnyd101]

Rip any moral standing of the Premier league.

[@tilikumtim5562]

Away fans that go to Newcastle games should all wear a t-shirt with Jamal Khashoggi's face on it. That would be great to see in their stadium!

[@fuzzym4828]

@@tilikumtim5562 you don’t care about him None of you does. this agenda is from turkey he got killed in turkey and then the Turkish news linked his death to MBS without any proof or true it’s called media war welcome to the middle east

[@johnnyd101]

@linkzable what?

[@tilikumtim5562]

@linkzable You know your arguement is stupid when you have to rely on history to try and make your point.

[@benjamin7114]

@@tilikumtim5562 Says they guy using Uber and other companies where Saudi have invested.

[@albinbiju9463]

The soul of football is gone, now it's just a business for the rich and powerful to make more money

[@grimaffiliations3671]

resources have always determined who does well.

[@matteomigliore1477]

While before it wasn't, right?

[@naheem]

EPL needs a wage cap but that will never happen.

[@o_s_byron2319]

You'll still watch football regardless

[@blind_p.bateman3201]

I am Glad for those fans of New Castle... Years of Relegation battle.... Big club's fans will never think about it that way

[@mourningireland4560]

Breaking news: women banned from St. James' Park

[@owen6434]

As a Newcastle fan this doesn't sit well with me. As much as I want the club to do well, that doesn't mean at any cost. I'd honestly rather be stuck in a loveless marriage with Ashley

[@johnyp2967]

It doesn't sit well with me either but it's not like it is our choice who the owners are, I've stuck with the club at its lowest and i ain't going to leave it now.

[@janeztomazic5546]

@@johnyp2967 this is the lowest point

[@johnyp2967]

@@janeztomazic5546 that's your opinion and you're welcome to it.

[@natebaxter9551]

Then you're a fool.

[@brian_wlm]

I'd love to see Joelinton alongside Mbappe, the next deadly duo

[@adambrandon1]

Im curious to see how they cheat the FFP rules

[@hornyakakoska]

Should be hard to cheat on the first couple of seasons..but you never know

[@mocca3633]

well, they'll just bribe UEFA then.

[@jakecortez4795]

Technically legal tho

[@imconfused1237]

You don’t need curiosity. Just copy Man City: fraudulent, inflated sponsorship deals arranged with associated arms-length companies. But you won’t see the drips on channels like this talk about that.

[@hornyakakoska]

Im pretty sure any pl team could spend 120mill, and you better believe Newcastle will the maximum at least, would be good to know how much the actual limit is for each club, but UEFA wont do such things we all know that

[@dogdog2635]

I renounce my support for Manchester City

[@ramshacklealex7772]

I mean, better late than never, but the UAE's human rights abuses aren't exactly breaking news...

[@Mazvn]

@@ramshacklealex7772 human rights is a joke

[@marcelohendrix6139]

you might as well not watch football in general because all these clubs are owned by billionaires who infringe on human rights

[@doggerlander]

​@@marcelohendrix6139 football is not epl

[@lukashradecky5492]

@@Mazvn How much money did MBS pay you shill? He is a disgrace to Arabs and Muslims everywhere

[@hlumelolamfiti1942]

Griezmann is a visionary 😂😂

[@simmytm]

Tifo always on the forefront on the news!

[@mrman2415]

Having people killed doesn't even factor into whether or not you can own a pl club 🤣🤣

[@siyaaviation3659]

@linkzable You do realise the Saudis owned slaves too?

[@africareigns]

Jamal Khashoggi's widow has come out today to condemn this deal.

[@Nawa11YT]

Good

[@nassimmakhloufi5676]

What about Julian Assange 😂😂

[@Brutalcel]

Funny how nobody talks about Real Madrid's and Ac Milan's long story of corruption and crime money

[@Mazvn]

1% related to the club 99% hypocrisy/hate towards saudi

[@alchemelixor5508]

I agree

[@rashidkhalid3970]

Wow respect to tifo for making the video so fast 👍

[@PaxBisonica89]

The people celebrating this nonsense are the same ones who were foaming at the mouth when they talked about the super league.

[@markg5596]

What are you on about in what way are they even remotely similar?

[@generalpierogi7781]

@@markg5596 Maybe the Saudi state, and its Prince who is accused of being involved in murders

[@markg5596]

@@generalpierogi7781 right but what has the super league got to do with us being taken over? super league was all about greed from the so called 6 in the league with somehow tottenham being involved which is a joke in its self and that was for all them clubs to generate more money than what they already make which is pure greed and taking the big teams out the prem which would totally ruin English football we’ve been taken over by rich people just like city just like Chelsea and just like PSG and a few other clubs across Europe there’s a massive difference and nothing has ever been about you’re other point

[@markg5596]

Ever been proved*

[@PaxBisonica89]

@@markg5596 so let me get this right, the super league is greed and ruins football, but a 300B owner doesn't ruin football at all? Newcastle united stopped being a football club yesterday, now it's just a fancy rich factory farm that wants to buy success via some faceless Saudi blood money overlord while actual real football clubs like Ajax and Benfica earn and invest into youth facilities and run well thought out transfers policies, which is why they are so much more respected then the PSG's and man city's of this world. You should be ashamed to call yourself a newcastle supporter.

[@whufc-essex]

Fair play to Newcastle fans, they deserve this

[@mikelitorous5570]

No they dont

[@neilallen9281]

uk whufc .... Thanks mate, another super loyal fan base. Soon the whole league will be multi billionaire owned. I hope you lot are next.

[@lf566]

PSG and Manchester city: Welcome to the top of the rich Newcastle united: I am the richest rigth now

[@shellsbignumber2]

I love how all the other big clubs are hating this because they know there is no way they will be able to cope with the spending power of NUFC.

[@tomg8214]

I always thought mike would die as owner of nufc leaving like some dodgy clause for anyone else to take over 😂😂

[@Hakuu_A19]

You guys pump out these videos so quick 😂

[@cosmicbaggy9637]

Wonder if true Geordie is busy deleting all the videos where he's slandering the city owners...

[@alone2break]

this comments needs to go up🤣🤣🤣

[@neilallen9281]

He's already uploaded a response. I'm Newcastle through and through btw. He's eating a lot of humble pie, but obviously overjoyed (but what fan in their right mind wouldn't be)

[@cosmicbaggy9637]

@@neilallen9281 welcome to the big leagues. Being a city fan, watching the Newcastle fans at the ground gave me flashbacks to the day we got took over. Looking forward to another team challenging in the coming years.

[@neilallen9281]

@@cosmicbaggy9637 At least you lot are from Manchester or close by. I so wanted you to stop the fakest club with the most plastic fans to be done over by Citeh. I don't think it's good for football if I'm being honest, but I'm certainly not complaining 😅. I just feel really sorry for the pandemic of depression suffers of Sunderland that suddenly happened on Friday morning. 😂😂😂😂 See you in the CL final in 2025

[@TheAlphaDingo]

As a Toon fan, I reckon there is probably a degree of the PL trying to save face. With the legal proceedings, there was a chance dirty laundry would be revealed (like the PL being influenced by BeIN and certain top 6 PL clubs), plus with the breakaway 6 clubs and the Super League, there is greater pressure for transparency and independent review. Rather than go down that route and more scrutiny, once the Piracy issue was resolved, I reckon the PL just tried to find a way to settle this without running the risk of greater prying of their secretive ways. TL,DR - just happy Ashley is gone. Having ambitious owners is just a bonus.

[@tibodeclercq2131]

In Germany this is impossible to happen due to the 50+1 rule. Maybe fans have a majority in germany, but they pay the price by being one of the least competitive leagues in the world.

[@lapprentice]

It did: RB Leizig

[@CatharticSense]

If everyone would have the 50+1 rule and effective FFP regulations most leagues would be equally competitive.

[@aat8345]

@@CatharticSense but big clubs stay big and small clubs stay small

[@iankooistra9084]

@@aat8345 No they just have to be smart. You cant fix a problem in germany by throwing money at it when in other leagues, you can.

[@mr.sushi2221]

Again. Germany does it right and the uk tries to follow the trash hyper capitalistic model used in America. I freaking hate the rich.

[@FROMTHECLUBPODCAST]

I was a Newcastle fan since birth but didn't realize it until today

[@StoutProper]

Tifo will continue to cover this story until Joe Devine is dismembered in a Saudi embassy. Newcastle fans have been the loudest critics of Man City’s owners, now look at them.

[@pacoramon9468]

This are the same people that complained about the Super League and now they are praising the saudis.

[@10mibrahim]

In 2-3 years time they will win the PL. I'm dead serious 💀

[@Mitjitsu]

Can see why Abramovitch wants out of Chelsea. He knows he can't compete with Middle-Eastern royalty.

[@Bodhi594]

This will be fascinating to watch. It could be magic or it could be tragic. I really hope it all works out. Hopefully Newcastle becomes a Club that is always mid-table or higher. This is amazing for the PL. The more possible competitive clubs the better.

[@atticusskywalker5698]

I was waiting for this tifo drop

[@fatforceremorse]

I don't think you can really criticise the fact Newcastle is now owned by Saudi Arabia when Abu Dhabi owns City and Qatar owns PSG. Those nations really aren't all that much better that Saudi Arabia and I don't think it would be fair to draw the line at saying it's unacceptable for one state to own a club but not another. Also, congratulations to Newcastle United for winning the 2023/24 Premier League, and to Mbappe for his Premier League Golden Boot.

[@kaiwistoski9858]

This is the kind of thing that makes me hate top level football. The storylines in small leagues will always be more entertaining for me. Leagues like the prem go against everything football is about

[@استغفرالله-ق4ف]

الدوري السعودي الان هو الاكثر متعه اما الدوريات الكبرى اصبحت مجرد صفقات فاشله

[@srbtlevse16]

PSG 🔴⚫🔵 vs Newcastle ⚪⚫ = Saudi Arabia 🟩 vs Qatar 🇶🇦 Time to finally settle their dispute, on the pitch 😳

[@someoneyeah7683]

I can't wait for Jonjo Shelvey to play in the Champions League final in a match putting the entirety of the Middle Eastern political landscape in question Come to think of it, Jonjo Shelvey is probably gonna be released before any of that happens

[@giroudsbrother9450]

My dad left work in the middle east due to the pressure of all the human rights cases he would face at a daily basis. He worked at the embassy

[@pty8296]

Ask the women and children in Yemen how they feel about newcastle new owner!

[@eldhoabraham1444]

Steve Bruce has been called to the embassy to discuss the future glidepath of the club.

[@pk-wg5rt]

I always wanted to coach new castle United -pep Guardiola

[@mtlewis973]

it’s a safe bet for saudi arabia. they’ve been watching city. every week the athletic podcast network and tifo coo over manchester city’s amazing football and don’t so much as mention the human rights abuses that made it possible. by the end of the season no journalist will have any public concerns about this takeover, especially if newcastle are good at football

[@stevendchu]

Also, we all know what happens to journalists who criticize Saudi Arabia 💀💀

[@samms92]

So with English teams being owned by overseas owners, is it still the English Premier league 🤔

[@jacobperez8921]

Not in the future the way thing are going in the EPL and other international leagues.

[@daniel-cc7bn]

yeah cos the teams are not owned by the owners but by the fans. and the majority of real fans that support epl clubs are english

[@stevendchu]

I'll come back to this comment when they start hosting Community Shield/FA Cup/ League Cup matches in Middle East/Asia or America. My guess is give them until 2026 to start.

[@alexeivernyi2910]

Very nice quick overview, thank you

[@jacobm804]

So BeIN was being pirated by BeOUTq... Elite shithousery by Saudi Arabia 😂

[@blind_p.bateman3201]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hughmac13]

Whoever named that company "Beout"=absolute legends.

[@Aan30.]

they named it beoutQ, Q stands for Qatar

[@CamPerry93]

Most if not all the middle eastern have human rites violation,so allowing some like Qatar but not Saudi Arabia is really hypocritical

[@jacques2368]

Saudi Arabia's violations are on a far bigger scale though, like the owner is a literal war criminal

[@waleed8530]

Britain killed millions of people and committed war crimes in Afghanistan, so?.

[@CamPerry93]

@@jacques2368 i don't think u should put them on different degrees, the Germans in ww2 in the long run killed less then the Russians but who do we view as worse the Germans. But to my point u can't judge based of the varying amount of atrocities the are all bad, none should own a team

[@CamPerry93]

@@waleed8530the comment was more about the EPL, and the FA talking blood money fron one and not the other then the actions of specific countries and of course course England has, same as ever country on the planet

[@jakecortez4795]

@@waleed8530 yes but that was for the right reasons your telling me homophobic people deserved to be killed

[@mezianeremila454]

Thanks Tifo!

[@dipthongthathongthongthong9691]

I agree with the position of the EPL being soulless. But stop harkening back to days of purity of competition and sporting values. That ship sailed A LONG time ago. Football is a commodity in the global capitalist system. PERIOD. Its entertainment. That is it. The smaller local clubs provide the connection to the community. The GAZILLIONAIRE plastic oil clubs are pure spectacle, just providing a voyeuristic, ephemeral, "experience" for those with enough cash to consume it.

[@robbieg6036]

It sickens me that someone with such abuses of human rights could buy a Premier League team. I'm glad the Saudi's have finally set this right by getting rid of Mike Ashley.

[@cammy944]

Steve bruce is getting sacked in the morning!

[@tdyerwestfield]

The proper owners test clearly isn't fit for purpose.

[@RichMitch]

ABSOLUTELY BUZZING

[@janeztomazic5546]

everybody loves a good headchopper at the club

[@aat8345]

if there were a rule preventing states from buying clubs now, that would be unfair as man city had already been bought by the emirates

[@stephenjames227]

cities owners never murdered anyone you muppet

[@aat8345]

@@stephenjames227 i wasn't talking about who murdered who

[@juliangreen9930]

Capitalism remains undefeated.

[@fudgerace4356]

Yeah, need communism asap

[@benedictjajo]

How is this capitalism's fault? Isn't it the fans who allowed this by literally accepting it?

[@ankit99ize]

@@benedictjajo If someone forces their way in by money what will the fans do? The Bundesliga has 50+1 rule to prevent this from happening but here the Saudi Fund has 80% stakes.

[@marioskapetanakis]

@@ankit99ize and? Fans should just go to matches. Let the owners be...

[@86kickass]

Newcastle fan since 2012. Finally!

[@parthsarda2793]

I support Amnesty international for the work they are doing.

[@adilnizam2120]

no one care about those hippies

[@RealMadridAbsolutely]

Now they should buy Benzema and Lewandowski and pair them for an old school strike partnership

[@algfourty9185]

Inb4 English footy pundit teams try to spin climbing in bed with war criminals as yet more proof of the Premier League being "The Best League in the World"

[@HHaatii]

As a toon follower since the time the American sensation Santi joined Newcastle United, I wish the glory days of gavin harris, santiago munez will come back, helmed by the ablest of scout Glen Foy and managed by Erik Dornhelm.

[@godofdespair1314]

So human rights mean nothing long as you get new players and some trophies for the cabinet? Hope its worth it doubt it though long term

[@maw86]

Enjoy the world cup

[@waleed8530]

human rights = political card.

[@jacobweddell2438]

@@waleed8530 Bellend

[@godofdespair1314]

@@waleed8530 You are ether a troll or...no you are just a troll

[@damjanp7920]

@@waleed8530 Waleed = Dingus

[@sanket.hande9]

50+1 rule should have been implemented in PL

[@jtmmmm27]

Come on, seems we’ve had a lifetime of Ashleys BS. I seriously believe we were going down this season! Get in there!!!!

[@cookiequacky8615]

You could to be honest. You will have to hope they invest big in winter cause your players aren’t going to be committed to the cause when they know they are getting replaced in a few months. Rebuilding from the Championship would be harder, it’s unlikely you will go down but just know the Newcastle players won’t be smiling at the announcement, there places in the squad are gone and some won’t be committed to the team and will be looking to where they will move when they are inevitably moved on.

[@Adamgoms]

You still are

[@doggerlander]

@@cookiequacky8615 i REALLY hope newcastle gets relegated now.

[@srbtlevse16]

Premier League: We stand for human rights and respect Also Premier League: ZAMN! -She 12?!?- Another Oil Club!!! Count me in!!!

[@saptaccrvima3563]

Really wondering who's going to be the first "big" signing of this new NUFC 🤔 hardly doubt it's going to be either Mbappe or Haaland, but who knows...

[@jimmycheese6875]

Willian

[@Adamgoms]

Probably Malcolm

[@azlankhan4172]

Likely the manager

[@raymonderrity1419]

I think it will be Mbappe because he will be available for free in January

[@someoneyeah7683]

Apparently Howe is trying to get Kroos

[@animeshpati5525]

welp, i guess we'll be seeing newcastle in the ucl from the next some seasons

[@dendenn7383]

Welcome to Newcastle Al-United

[@ramshacklealex7772]

It seems like you're trying to be racist, but you do realize that al is just Arabic for "the", right? And that it's the same "al" as in algebra, algorithm, alcohol, alchemy...

[@mihirsabnis7476]

Last time I was this early MBS wasn't even the Prince.

[@amuregasenaji2869]

So in the end, it's all about money for the Prem and the FA. Go figure.

[@dendenn7383]

Ah yes we'd rather have Ashley who hardly invested anything into the club lol or how about the guy at Derby who nearly out the club into financial ruin?

[@logirex]

It was always about the money.. that is why the premier league was created and the league just got scarier.

[@emanuelenicolo6131]

They said not to super league Because they are doing a super league for themself 🤣🤣🤣

[@temporaryuseraccount0012]

0:19 I expected the image for "Amanda Staveley" to look more like a Thundercat after her recent appearance in that Sky interview. Scary!

[@cappuccinopapi3038]

Money money money

[@Abell_lledA]

One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates🎈

[@TheRealPingu]

Pls stop it

[@T.E.S.S.]

i think your mind has dissipated