'In the UK there was a team that approached us on the basis that we take 30 per cent of the ownership for £700m.” NUFC
Al-Rumayyan also indicated that they “looked in Italy and France” for clubs to buy:
“By the way, it wasn’t the first offer we got regarding a football team. We looked in Italy, France and the UK as well. “And why the English Premier League? Because it’s the best league in the world. No other league competes with it.
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