A lot of Newcastle United fans have replied to a post from Steve Wraith that includes two screenshots of separate articles by Sean Ingle for The Guardian.
One of the screenshots is from a piece on 11th May, and the other is from an article on 26th May.
Both relate to new evidence regarding piracy and links between the Saudi government and the piracy station BeoutQ.
The only real difference between the two is that the latest piece names the World Trade Organisation as having supplied the evidence, and the piece on the 11th doesn’t.
This has drawn a reaction from these Toon fans.
Do you think that Ingle's articles were relating to the same thing?
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As @FERRYHILL_MAGS says more or less same article 2 weeks apart #nufc pic.twitter.com/z68GAUJwbe
— Steve Wraith (@stevewraith) May 26, 2020
That’s some next level clickbait there. Absolutely disgraceful that #NUFC fans are being put through this just for clout for journos/papers etc.
— Kate Stewart ????? (@KateStewart22) May 26, 2020
— Dan McDonald (@danmc1411) May 26, 2020
Not looking good ! Said that weeks ago taking far too long ?
— Andy Trotter (@AndyTrotter6) May 26, 2020
Either way this is going to end up in court imo. The premier League just want to make sure there is no comeback.
— thereal andrew young (@temperamentalan) May 27, 2020
I hope this is just more regurgitated news, but I get more doubtful with each day that passes that this deal will go through
— badger (@blackandwhiteba) May 27, 2020
This makes me relaxed again
— Scott Davidson (@sdavidson1191) May 26, 2020
Getting so tiresome now. Just announce it so we can move on
— Albert mooney (@Albertm70911962) May 26, 2020
What do we think?
The two pieces do seem very similar, and Craig Hope’s latest article stated that the Premier League had received the report from the WTO on 11th May.
This coincides with Ingle’s first piece and may suggest that it was the same evidence.
If it is the same evidence and the Premier League have not ruled on it, then maybe the takeover is not in ‘serious doubt’ as Ingle’s latest report claims.