S02E08: Newcastle - the World's Richest Football Club | Saudi Arabia takes over the Toon! - a podcast by Aniket Gue, Mazhar Gadiwala, Rishabh Krishnan, Shubham Maloo

Mbappe to Newcastle? Pep Guardiola replacing Steve Bruce at St. James Park? A year ago that might have sounded bizarre, but with the recent sale of the club for 300 million pounds to a consortium led by the Saudi Arabian government's sovereign wealth fund (the Public Investment Fund), the Toon have sky rocketed into becoming the wealthiest football club in the world. 
But what does this mean for Newcastle, the Premier League and football as a whole? What are the implications of this so-called "sovereign" fund's ownership? Can Newcastle replicate Manchester City's rise to prominence? Whose the first big name Newcastle will land - Mbappe, Haaland, Pep ....... Martial?!?
Given Saudi Arabia's troubling past with human rights issues, this goes far beyond the realm of sports. What made the Premier League reverse their decision to allow this take over? Is the Public Investment Fund really an "independent" body, separate from the Saudi Arabian government? Are we moving towards a world with state-owned sports teams? What is sports washing and why are people protesting the move given Saudi Arabia's involvement?
We dig into all these questions and much more, on this week's episode of All About Sports!
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