The chief executive of the Premier League has told MPs he cannot comment on whether Newcastle’s links with Saudi Arabia are being reinvestigated in light of a recent US court case
that the PIF and Newcastle’s chairman, Yasir al-Rumayyan, should be protected from giving evidence due to sovereign immunity laws.
LIV, which is backed by the Saudi government, has stated that Rumayyan is “a sitting member of the Saudi government” and the PIF is “a sovereign instrumentality of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” to support its case. In doing so, it has raised fresh questions about the level of separation between the PIF and Newcastle.. “I’m afraid I can’t really comment on it. Even to the point of saying it is the Premier League investigating it I can’t really comment.
“Obviously we are completely aware and you are correct about the general nature of the undertakings we received at the point of takeover, but I can’t really go into it. “The only time when the Premier League comments publicly on regulatory issues is when it’s charged and at the end of the process when an independent panel decides if any rule breaches have taken place.”
The select committee also heard from Tracey Crouch MP, who said she had found it “disappointing and surprising” that the Premier League had tried to kick
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