Newcastle's proposed £300m takeover remains in the hands of the Premier League after the Government said they will not get involved in the deal.
A Saudi-backed consortium is looking to buy the club from Mike Ashley, and negotiations have been rumbling on for months. The sale would be controversial, however, with investigations continuing over the illegal satellite broadcasts of pirate operator beoutQ in Saudi Arabia.
Last week SNP MP Angus MacNeil wrote a letter urging the Government to block the sale, saying: "Why is the UK government treating Saudi Arabia differently to any other government?
The rule of law applies to all, I would think – including when it comes to the protection of UK sport and UK exports." But according to the Daily
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