At the height of Beatlemania in 1964, the Beetles arrived to screaming fans at the Buenos Aires airport. But the moptops weren’t the British pop group — just four guys from Florida.
22.04.2020 - 17:21 / deadline.com
By Tom Grater
International Film Reporter
BeIN Sports, part of Doha-Based TV giant BeIN Media Group, has written to the Premier League, the governing body of English soccer, to protest the impending takeover of Newcastle United by a consortium backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.
The $370M deal to acquire the club from British businessman Mike Ashley has never been officially announced but it has been widely reported that terms are agreed and the paperwork has now been submitted to
At the height of Beatlemania in 1964, the Beetles arrived to screaming fans at the Buenos Aires airport. But the moptops weren’t the British pop group — just four guys from Florida.
Premier League football club takeovers are always massive news stories, and the latest one in the works is no exception. This example looks likely to be one of the more controversial though, with huge implications for all of England’s current big clubs.
Tribal loyalties in football can do strange things to our senses, which is probably how a Newcastle fanzine came to call Amnesty International's criticism of the Saudi Arabian regime a "publicity stunt" this week, with some fans wondering where Amnesty had been while they protested against Mike Ashley and why everybody was suddenly jealous of the potential riches coming to St James' Park.