A lot of Newcastle United fans have responded to a post from NUFC 360, which includes a link to a post from Saudi Arabia.
An official government account (@SAIPKSA) announced there would be a crackdown on all piracy in Saudi Arabia and announced that 231 websites would be shut down as the country toughens its stance.
This comes after an official World Trade Organisation report found the piracy station BeoutQ was to have originated in Saudi Arabia and to have been operated from people within the country; however, it did not directly accuse anyone in the Saudi government of direct involvement.
The Saudi government also sent a letter to major sports bodies around the world accepting it has a responsibility to tackle piracy as the country looks to get their proposed takeover of Newcastle United through.
This latest move from Saudi Arabia has delighted these Toon fans, who feel that the takeover is edging closer following this development.
Are you excited by this news?
Yes, this is a positive step for the takeover
No, it could be too little too late
Wow shows how much they want this deal to go thru
— spenny mag ???????? (@ste71) June 21, 2020
Cans, cans, cans …………..
— Ian Summers (@iansumm03608301) June 21, 2020
Take over announced tommorow ?, premier league would be stupid to block now.
— Peter9191 (@Peter91911) June 21, 2020
Something is brewing..
— Aaron (@SenseNufc) June 21, 2020
All seems to be coming together
— Big Kev (@Bigkev1346) June 21, 2020
Huge news. Biggest indication yet that things are shifting towards a positive conclusion. #NUFCTakeover
— Paul White (@PaulWhitePhoto) June 21, 2020
The deal for Amanda Staveley’s Saudi-backed takeover of the Toon has been agreed with Mike Ashley since they paid him a deposit in April.
However, since then, the deal has been going through the Premier League’s required checks, and the issue of piracy has caused some serious problems.
This led to some suggesting that Saudi Arabia would have to make concessions, and it seems that with this effort to stop piracy and the letter sent to sports bodies, the country is making those concessions.
These appear to be positive steps forward for the Toon’s takeover, but this one Newcastle fan feels that the takeover has been initially rejected.
I’m wondering if they’ve been told no this time due to piracy so they’re doing all of this to go back in a second time OR the PL have said show us that you’re cracking down and once you have we’ll accept? #NUFC
— Ryan (@ryanbeard2012) June 21, 2020
So, is a decision from the PL edging closer?
Hopefully that is the case, so that this saga can be brought to an end.