PIF sports funding

[Roker Mackem]

To be honest i’m not sure I want them to sell; they had Eddie Howe and his nephew doing the scouting last summer for fuck’s sake man

This. They might just hang on to them to keep them ticking along as a PL club ..which id take over risking getting proper owners.

 

[Mboma]

Or, just make it a 2025 plan as I reckon they’re all but done

Agreed,

They don't even bother visiting the club anymore. It was always a case of just owning a club in the PL, rather than making them serious contenders.

They could give a toss.

 

[Father Jack Hackett]

And yet you’ve got complete wankers like Lee Ryder writing articles like this that try and convince everyone that pif are all in on Newcastle, have a guess how many mentions of Newcastle pif have actually made in this article……

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At no point are Newcastle or even football mentioned by the Saudis in that statement

 

[Hank Scorpio]

I don’t think the PIF will pull out of the mags anytime soon but they lost interest a while back really.

 

[YacEmMackEm]

Sport comes under entertainment.

Domestic entertainment, for tourism.

 

[jaxaxe]

I don’t think the PIF will pull out of the mags anytime soon but they lost interest a while back really.

Once they got the World Cup, the Saudis had everything they wanted.

 

[Ned Land]

It might actually work out better for their opponents if they remain owned by a semi interested Saudi state who don’t know how to recruit players and just plod along.

 

[FlashGordon]

I'd be disappointed if they sold. There's plenty of American hedge funds who would be desperate to throw some money at it and could run them better.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Once they got the World Cup, the Saudis had everything they wanted.

Yep. Plus the fact UEFA seems to be open to offering the Saudi league a spot in the champions league at some point.

 

[SAFC7391]

Inject it into my veins when PIF do fuck all this summer with them and the Mags start saying they should never have been accepted as owners due to who they are

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[The Situation]

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[jaxaxe]

Yep. Plus the fact UEFA seems to be open to offering the Saudi league a spot in the champions league at some point.

It will end up like the Eurovision Song Contest.

Everyone will be in and we will get nil points.

 

[Thatheaderman]

As per liv golf thread. Hope the scummers have to fight to get back on the real golf circuit.

Hopefully the Saudi shites pull out of everything

 

[glendvd100]

At no point are Newcastle or even football mentioned by the Saudis in that statement

It’s, as someone just alluded to, them trying to convince themselves!!

 

[Hank Scorpio]

I'd be disappointed if they sold. There's plenty of American hedge funds who would be desperate to throw some money at it and could run them better.

There are but it’s worth remembering the mags are pretty fucked financially.

 

[Definitely Maybe]

Said for ages the worst thing to happen to the Mags was Ronaldo falling out with Ten Hag. He became a free agent, nobody other than the Saudis could afford/wanted him and him going there led to thousands of kids walking around in snidey Al Nassr tops from DHGate. The following summer the PIF decided to plough money into the Saudi league - if you're going to throw money at football with the aim of increasing tourism into SA, why would you prioritise a non-elite club in North East England when you could bring aging superstars into your own country and draw international viewers onto the domestic league? They've barely given the Mags a second thought since.

 

[burgerboy90]

This. They might just hang on to them to keep them ticking along as a PL club ..which id take over risking getting proper owners.

Yep and they begged for this. They chased Mike Ashley out of town but would just have to stew in their own filth and accept this

 

[glendvd100]

This lads hilarious….

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They are panicking like fuck.

 

[Redandwhitedust]

Just heard that the "NUFC Against Sportswashing" group have just cleaned Amazon out of printer ink with the latest news.

Going to need it with all the application forms they'll need in the coming months

By the end of the summer every mag in the Strawberry will be claiming they were a founder member.

 

[Mallard]

And yet you’ve got complete wankers like Lee Ryder writing articles like this that try and convince everyone that pif are all in on Newcastle, have a guess how many mentions of Newcastle pif have actually made in this article……

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Given he writes in bullet points it would be an impressive achievement for a handful of times