Newcastle United acquisition: "Saudis forget damage they've done through BeoutQ" (J. Tebas, LaLiga)

"European football rights - including Newcastle United FC (Premier League) rights - have been stolen systematically by BeoutQ for three years. Now the Saudis want a seat at the top table - forgetting the damage they have done through BeoutQ. If football leagues and clubs do not protect their intellectual property, they have nothing. LaLiga couldn't be clearer about this - stealing the football broadcast is stealing football," said Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, to the news agency The Associated Press on 07/05/2020

Newcastle United FC is reportedly about to be sold for £300m (€340m) to a consortium owned 80% by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.

Yousef Al-Obaidly, CEO of the Qatari pay-TV group beIN Media Group, wrote to Richard Masters, chief executive of the Premier League, and the 20 club presidents of the English league, asking them to block the possible takeover of Newcastle United FC by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, according to the British daily The Times on 22/04/2020 (see below). Al-Obaidly called for the owners' and directors' test procedure for…