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Broadcaster beIn Sport urges Premier League to consider implications of Saudi Arabia's reported Newcastle takeover

Yousef Al-Obaidly

PA Images | "The danger of allowing the acquisition of a controlling or material interest in a major Premier League club by what is effectively the Saudi Arabian government cannot be ignored given the country’s past," the chief executive of the beIN media group, Yousef Al-Obaidly (left), said in the letter.

English football's biggest overseas broadcaster says Saudi Arabia's involvement in piracy streaming threatens the Premier League's future prosperity.

The Premier League has made several unsuccessful attempts to take legal action against the kingdom's state-owned pirate channel.

22 April 2020 - 8:27 AM

By Emil Gjerding Nielson

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