Newcastle's Amazon documentary is a glossy PR job that fails to scrutinise the Saudi takeover

Newcastle's Amazon documentary feels like a glossy PR job that fails to properly scrutinise the Saudi takeover | MsiDouglas NUFC

On the evidence of the first two episodes of this four-part series, the first of which drops on Amazon on Friday, there are plenty of jaw-dropping moments.

This is the first time a British camera crew not employed by the club has sat down with the influential and controversial governor of the PIF but the conversation rarely veers from his plan to grow the club. Of accusations that the fund is essentially interchangeable with the Saudi state, Al-Rumayyan says simply: “Some journalists, they really don’t understand what PIF is.” That will be enough for a chunk of fans, but it feels like an opportunity missed to dig deeper as sport’s tectonic plates are shifted.“We have a tax on us,” he says in one meeting. “Whatever anyone thinks is fair market value, let’s add 20 per cent to it and sell it to Newcastle.

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