BeIN sports’ Senior Football Anchor and former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has questioned Newcastle United’s proposed £300 million takeover by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund on moral grounds, and he wants the club to reconsider accepting the proposal.
Magpies owner Mike Ashley has agreed to sell Newcastle for £300 million, and the Premier League is currently carrying out its fit and proper persons’ test.
The takeover has been tipped to go through as none of the past attempts to buy the club ever got to this stage.
Given Saudi’s human rights records and links with piracy, Amnesty International and BeIN sports have both written to the Premier League to block PIF’s attempt to own Newcastle, and Keys has also voiced his concerns.