It was in March 2022 that Eddie Howe said he was educating himself about Saudi Arabia, the repressive state that owns Newcastle United, so that he might be better qualified to talk about the fabulously wealthy, authoritarian regime which pays his wages.
Nearly two years have passed since then, without a word on the subject from the Newcastle boss so it is not so much a comment in a press conference that we are hoping for any more but rather news that Howe is about to present a doctoral thesis on the matter for his PhD.