Fred Basset
Winger
At the beginning of the sale, there will have been mags unaware of the atrocities in Yemen, committed by the Saudi leadership. But since then and more so now, there has been plenty of news and information on social media that has highlighted the unjust killings in Yemen and human rights issues of Saudi, yet we don't see them turning against their new owners. There is no excuse of ignorance for any of them. I have yet to see any mag fan speak out truly against their new ownership and condemn their new owners. I have yet to see a mag fan disown their club, because they value human life more than football.
Instead they defend their new owners, happy with the blood money in exchange for the morality and soul of their club. Children and innocents being killed or maimed in Yemen by an autocratic ruler, is no different to children and innocents being killed or maimed in Ukraine by an autocratic ruler.
Hypocrisy cannot be hidden, their lack of morality cannot be swept under the carpet, it is there for us all to see, as they wave Saudi flags and wear tea towels on their heads. And brag 'Richest club in the world', rich from blood money and the suffering and exploitation of others.
I used to enjoy friendly banter and piss taking with mags, but for me that has now stopped. I never mention football now to some mags I know. I cannot have friendly banter with fans who turn a blind eye to the killing of children, killings caused by their new owners with their links to the atrocities in Yemen. NUFC should be dead to them under such ownership, as would SAFC be dead to me, if the Saudis had bought us.
I could never support our club if they became complicit to war crimes and human rights abuse. I could never be complicit in a sportswashed way, to what barbarity the Saudi owners and regime are doing in Yemen, as stated below...
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'Human Rights Watch hasYou must be logged on to see external linksat least 90 apparently unlawful Saudi-led coalition airstrikes,You must be logged on to see external linkson Yemeni fishing boats that have killed dozens and appeared to be deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects in violation of the laws of war. At time of writing, according to the Yemen Data Project, the Saudi-led coalition has conducted more than 20,100 airstrikes on Yemen since the war began, an average of 12 attacks a day. The coalition has bombed hospitals, school buses, markets, mosques, farms, bridges, factories, and detention centers.'
If any mag felt as strongly as I do about this takeover, I would welcome them with open arms, because firstly we are humans, who value morality and human life, above that of football and being used as a PR exercise by a murdering regime.