Newcastle fans have got their club back. But at what cost? – Football Weekly

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🗓️ 22 October 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Today we’re replaying an episode of our sister podcast Today in Focus, where Nosheen Iqbal speaks to Joshua Kelly, Wallace Wilson and David Conn about the recent takeover of Newcastle United by the Saudi Public Investment Fund. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:08.4	Hi, everybody, Max here.
0:09.5	Obviously a lot going on with Newcastle United.
0:12.0	At the moment, we've talked about it a great deal.
0:14.4	We did an episode back in August 2020 called Club ownership,
0:17.7	Soft Power and Human Rights.
0:19.7	If you haven't heard that yet, we'd love it if you went back,
0:23.8	scroll through all the podcast and listen to that one.
0:26.3	It's a really good explainer with some very intelligent people on sports,
0:30.8	washing and the whole point of it.
0:32.8	If you want an up-to-date version of the story,
0:35.6	you can listen to this.
0:36.8	It's today in focus, our sister slash mother podcast.
0:40.3	They looked at the takeover in their episode on Friday with David Conn.
0:44.3	We wanted to share it with you.
0:45.6	If you like what you hear, make sure you subscribe wherever you're listening to this.
0:49.1	We hope you enjoy. We'll be back again tomorrow for a round-up of tonight's Champions League action.
0:57.2	Last week, Mike Ashley's sold Newcastle United for £300 million to a consortium
1:02.4	led by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund.
1:05.8	In an instant, it became the Premier League's newest superclub,
1:09.7	which now means it can afford to buy the world's best players
1:13.0	and one day become serious contenders for the Premier League.
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