With protesting voices growing louder over the potential sale of Newcastle United to a Saudi-backed consortium, question marks have appeared over whether the deal will go through or not.
It still appears nearly certain that the Premier League will ratify the sale of the club by Mike Ashley to Amanda Staveley's PCP Capital Partners group, the Saudi Public Investment Fund and the Reuben Brothers for a total of £300million.
However, with some pressure being applied to the league and the UK government in a bid to have them fully scrutinise the potential consequences of allowing the Arab state a presence in the English game, others have sensed opportunity.