Jamie Redknapp has told football to 'be very careful' about challenging Newcastle's new Saudi Arabia owners due to the UK's relations with the Gulf nation before stating that football fans do not care who runs their club.
Newcastle will celebrate their first match after a Saudi-led consortium completed a £305million takeover of the club earlier this month when Tottenham visit what is likely to be a raucous St James' Park on Sunday afternoon.
The deal, which sees Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) own 80 per cent of the club with fellow stakeholder Amanda Staveley as a director has been deemed controversial due to Saudi Arabia's poor human rights record, particularly those to LGBTQ+ rights.