Amnesty International criticises Premier League over Saudi state Newcastle links

'SILENCE': Amnesty International has criticised the ‘worrying silence’ from the Premier League after US court documents highlighted the proximity between Newcastle’s owners and the Saudi state. Pic: Owen Humphreys/PA

Amnesty International says the Premier League’s apparent failure to re-examine whether the Saudi state is in control of Newcastle demonstrates there is a “vacuum at the top of English football”.

A court document submitted in the United States last week as part of a dispute between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf raised fresh questions over the level of separation between the club’s leadership and the Saudi state.