Premier League ‘can’t comment’ on whether Newcastle probe is taking place

NO COMMENT: Premier League chief executive Richard Masters did not comment on whether his organisation was investigating Newcastle. Pic: House of Commons/PA

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters told MPs he could not comment on whether his organisation was investigating who had control of Newcastle.

Court documents published in the United States last month described the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) as “a sovereign instrumentality of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” and PIF governor and Newcastle chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan as “a sitting minister of the Saudi government”.