Newcastle United fan Steve Wraith caught the attention of some Toon supporters recently after he shared a tweet from Daily Telegraph journalist Ed Clowes, discussing the news that ‘the UK will begin selling arms to Saudi Arabia once more, following a ban put in place last year’.
Wraith quote-tweeted this post from Clowes and in his own post, he declared that he believes the latest developments in relations between the UK and Saudi Arabia are ‘very positive’.
As per Chronicle Live’s ‘Newcastle takeover news’ live blog, ‘Amanda Staveley, the Reuben brothers, and the Saudi Public Investment Fund’ are currently waiting for the Premier League’s approval to complete their takeover of Newcastle United and this ongoing Saudi-backed takeover attempt may explain why Toon fan Wraith believes that this update on UK-Saudi relations is ‘very positive’.
After Wraith shared this news on Twitter, plenty of Toon supporters flocked to his tweet to share their thoughts on this update.
https://twitter.com/stevewraith/status/1280477874076758018?s=21
One Toon fan replied to this post to share that while they believe this is “very positive” for the ongoing Saudi-backed Toon takeover attempt, they disagree with the UK’s decision to reopen arms trade with Saudi Arabia.
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Positive for the takeover, yes.
Personally I don’t see how reopening of utterly corrupt arms trade deals between the two states – is positive.
I’ll just assume you were talking about the takeover….
— Dan Snowden (@DanSnowden) July 7, 2020
Other Newcastle fans responded to this post to share some optimism over this news and how it may impact the Saudi-backed Newcastle takeover bid, which has been going through the Premier League’s checks since April.
It could be one of the factors the @premierleague have been waiting for so that the #NUFCTakeover can be announced ??
— Claire wildsmith (@clairethehair36) July 7, 2020
100% going through
— ?Namelessghoul1892? (@Nameles96863577) July 7, 2020
Lets hope for the People and city and the football club the most important thing gets sorted by the PL now mate
— CheekyNUFC ??-NUFC (@CheekyNUFC) July 7, 2020
Could be the beginning of the end NUFC SAGA,lets hope so,dont want my cans collecting any more dust.
— William A.Brown (@willieb19460) July 7, 2020
However, other Toon fans responded to Wraith’s tweet with more pessimism over this news and how it may relate to the Newcastle United takeover bid.
Is this good news for the Saudi-backed Newcastle United takeover bid?YES, DEFINITELY
I DON'T THINK SO
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It’s a consolation for not being able to have NUFC
— Hoylez (@Hoylez) July 7, 2020
Doesn’t feel like it.
— Sean Parker (@Seanpar1975) July 7, 2020
It may be understandable why some Toon fans may believe that this news regarding the UK’s decision to reopen arms trade with Saudi Arabia could be positive for the ongoing Saudi-backed Toon takeover bid.
However, beIN Sports’ objection to this takeover, due to Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the piracy of Premier League games was reported to have been ‘the only hurdle’ for this takeover and as a result, this update on UK-Saudi relations might not mean too much for this takeover as the World Trade Organisation’s ruling that Saudi Arabia helped pirate television broadcaster beoutQ to ‘breach international piracy laws’ may still complicate the deal.