A lot of Newcastle United fans have responded to a post from NUFC 360, which has relayed information from The Times regarding BeIN Sports.
The Times claims that BeIN Sports have submitted a QC’s opinion to the Premier League, which states that the league should fail the proposed takeover of Newcastle because another potential owner is waiting.
The piece goes on to state that BeIN’s legal expert Stephen Nathan thinks that should the Premier League allow this takeover, the Saudi Arabian government would become a shadow director of the Toon.
Are you annoyed by this from beIN?
Yes, they are just getting ridiculous now
No, clearly just a last roll of the dice
This post has attracted the attention of many Newcastle fans who cannot believe the lengths BeIN are going to stop this takeover from happening.
So they’ve asked for it to be blocked because there’s another bid and for no other reason ??? desperate
— jonny (@jgray2706) June 17, 2020
Last throw at the dice by the sounds of it mate there getting desperate
— John Sinclair (@john_nufc42) June 17, 2020
Clutching at straws now
— Aaron (@SenseNufc) June 17, 2020
They’re not letting this go are they ?
— Andy (@ACon10_) June 17, 2020
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are involved in geopolitical conflict, and it seems that Qatar are determined to stop the Saudis from taking over the Toon.
BeIN submitted a letter to the Premier League in April asking them to block Amanda Staveley’s Saudi-backed takeover, and after a report from the WTO was made public, beIN continued to express their opinion that this takeover should not happen.
They have now brought the Premier League to the attention of another bidder. He is Henry Mauriss, and he has submitted an offer of £350m to take Newcastle from Mike Ashley.
However, this latest move by beIN has clearly annoyed these Toon fans.
Since when did BeIN dictate who is fit and proper?
— John (@John30240903) June 17, 2020
Who is doing this test the prem or Qatar that’s the question? It’s a joke!!!
— Gary Halman (@gary_halman) June 17, 2020
when will @premierleague end this circus….. i have lost all faith in the PL now what a bunch of clowns
— Daniel (@DanielEliassen1) June 17, 2020
That’s a court case right there
— Ian Crowe (@iancr65) June 17, 2020
It has been suggested that for the Premier League to allow the Toon’s proposed takeover to go through, they could have to make some concessions.
These could include shutting down BeoutQ and unblocking BeIN Sports.
A report from Bloomberg suggested that these concessions might have already begun with some Saudi cafes showing BeIN Sports.
However, despite this, it still seems as if BeIN are determined to stop this takeover – so it will be interesting to see what the Premier League decide to do.