Sorry but the strategy behind buying Newcastle is the polar opposite of this. They (PIF absolutely not MBS) bought Newcastle for the same reason they bought Golf and buy boxing..... to increase their non-Oil gross domestic product. To make the country globally appealing. The same reason they pay Neymar a kings ransom every time he tweets about how great KSA is.Mike Ashley famously didn't care about the sport . KSA have bought Newcastle to make them good at the sport of football , not to make money. Literally all they care about is the sport.