The Premier League has responded to Amnesty International's call urging them to prevent a Saudi Arabia-funded takeover for Newcastle United.
The campaign group has warned the UK's top flight it risks becoming "a patsy" for "those trying to sportswash their abysmal human rights records".
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is heading up the public investment fund looking to take an 80 per cent stake in Premier League club Newcastle, in a deal brokered by British financier Amanda Staveley.
The takeover is expected to be completed by May 1, providing the proposed new ownership passes the Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test, designed to ensure parties “meet standards greater than that required under law so as to protect the
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