The UK government have been urged by its own members to take an active role in scrutinising the Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle United following calls for the deal to be blocked.
The consortium of Saudi’s Public Investment Fund, Amanda Staveley and the Reuben Brothers have had a £300m bid for Newcastle accepted, with only the Premier League’s Owners’ and Directors’ test standing in the way of the acquisition.
BeIN Sports has raised the issue of Premier League rights worth hundreds of millions of pounds being allegedly pirated by state-backed broadcasters in Saudi Arabia for the past three years.