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mackem35 said:
Came across this, sorry if seb but MBS paid 450 million dollars (more than what he paid for nufc) for a painting what isnt what it claimed to be. Bit like buying what you think is a football club on a par with inter milan. The bit at the end about human rights js interesting as to where a lit if the money to buy this painting cane from. It must hurt your pride somewhat to think you have paid all that money and its a bit shit and then he does it again with the mags.

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There’s a rumoured part of that story that the overpayment was meant as laundering a payment to Rybolovlev (who happens to be Sartori’s father in law)
 
UpTheDuff said:
Not a Newcastle fan at all - Cheltenham fan, hence the name. I am not sure why ‘whataboutery’, or as I see it, hypocrisy, has been “fully discredited”.

Either you are happy for the Saudis to invest in sport and business and for U.K. companies to sell arms to the Saudis, or you speak out and protest against it all. Not sure why people turning a blind eye to it but kicking off about Newcastle is a more creditable position than ‘whataboutery’.

For the record, I think the Saudi takeover is rotten, and I am against it. It is a murderous and oppressive regime which our country should have no economic or diplomatic links with. The country should be viewed like North Korea or Iran.

But as it is, the Government and the North East are happy for Sabic to employ thousands in Teesside or BAE in Washington to sell billions of pounds of weapons to Saudi. So I see no reason to pick out the Newcastle takeover for special criticism. None of it should be happening.
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I have protested for years about our government selling arms to KSA. Thanks for asking.

The KSA “investment” in sport through the pseudo cover of PIF is very different to OWNING a company with an 80% share of said company.
The difference between ‘investing in’ and ‘owning of’ is immense and is the total crux of this matter.
 
mag in peace said:
This fella is corrupt as fuck and not for the reasons people seem to be suggesting on here.

He was appointed despite having clear links with Qatar and Bein sports to stop the takeover. He is now facing being 'removed' because he couldn't do that.

More blatant proof of corruption doesn't exist. He 'technically' followed the rules of the EPL to pass the takeover. Whether we like it or not he eventually acted as he should (as rules currently stand). To remove him now, shows he was appointed with an agenda.

Newcastle fans said this all along.
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all lies. nice try bisto boy
 
UpTheDuff said:
No, and I have never defended those fans and agree it is abhorrent and have criticised them in that thread.

But I understand why some of them are lashing out like that when it is clear their club is being picked for criticism which other U.K. businesses and sports drenched in Saudi money are not.

See my post above - I am against the takeover and the economic links this country has (even relies on?) with Saudi Arabia and it’s murderous regime.

Seems like because I think all Saudi money in the U.K. is bad rather than just some of it, I am being slated…which makes no sense.


Live in London. Because I work in a job which means reading the FT and Economist and general economic and business research. BAE’s exports are some of the UK’s largest and Sabic’s £1billion inward investment announcement last month is one of the biggest for years…so it’s just general working knowledge.
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Eeeeeh, the SMB has it's own Saudi bot.
 
Exile 1968 said:
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This is going to go down well "That is now gone. As soon as possible we need an end to the cheap season tickets and all fans in the same areas paying the same prices. Maximum revenues so that they can play a part in funding this recovery of NUFC."

the first comments say as much.
 
For those unfamiliar with Excel

in A1 type =TODAY()
in A2 type 7/7/1955
in A3 type =DATEDIF(A2,A1,"D")

use the resultant number to any Mags giving it the big 'un.
 
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frenchduke said:
never understood then wearing the fact they pay the most amount for their season tickets and match day tickets as a badge of honour. never got mocking affordable football and giving kids access to match days.
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they are going to have to seriously increase their season ticket prices if they think that will make a difference. an extra 200 quid for 50,000 tickets is only 10m extra. one of joelintons legs.
gate receipts are a small source of income now. they never seem to get that, and that 50k gates means they should have enormous spending power. it doesnt.
 
Touchline said:
You need to stop believing everything you read on the net kid
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A lot of replies slagging off sky in there. They need to be careful. Sky have been promoting this from day one and have been sucking the mags off for decades.
 
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Squat said:
they are going to have to seriously increase their season ticket prices if they think that will make a difference. an extra 200 quid for 50,000 tickets is only 10m extra. one of joelintons legs.
gate receipts are a small source of income now. they never seem to get that, and that 50k gates means they should have enormous spending power. it doesnt.
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I'd love to know what this £38M they've spent is? I know Bruce got paid off
 
Exile 1968 said:
I wonder if Amnesty have a Sunderland fan on their team of spokesmen?

I'm getting a bit fed up with Wraith being given the media platform to defend these sick bastards. Would be good if there was someone to counter argue against his "trying to change" narrative.
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Amnesty International have far, far more important things to be doing than engaging with some little sad baldy troll man. If they did it would only make Steve think he is actually relevant as apposed to being an absolute nothing person rambling away on twitter.
 
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