Everton are in all sorts of bother at the moment. Overpent, relegation battle, Russian money severed, spent?
Cannot say I'm unhappy as my encounters with Everton fans over the years has led me to dislike an otherwise neutral club. However, it does raise the specter of who a club gets into bed with. Things can go wrong very quickly via issues beyond the club's control.
Anyway, we are all familiar with some Evertonian bitterness to NUFC. Here is a recent post on one of their forums:
"Newcastle, a case we are all familiar with.. They are blocked from purchasing a club in the UK because their owner, as evidence suggests, personally ordered the murder of an innocent journalist who had the temerity to call out the regime. Kashoggi was murdered by forced overdose, his body cut up into a number of pieces and then dissolved in barrels of acid, which they then poured down the drain. The person who ordered that owns a club in the UK. That purchase was sanctioned by the UK govt. and days later there was an announcement of Saudi investment of several billion in the North East. Coincidence? I think not. The UK govt are actively seeking Saudi investment in eth UK to allow them to meet their 'levelling up agenda'."
My innocent question is this: what 'announcement of Saudi investment of several billion in the North East' is he referring to? Any idea?
Cannot say I'm unhappy as my encounters with Everton fans over the years has led me to dislike an otherwise neutral club. However, it does raise the specter of who a club gets into bed with. Things can go wrong very quickly via issues beyond the club's control.
Anyway, we are all familiar with some Evertonian bitterness to NUFC. Here is a recent post on one of their forums:
"Newcastle, a case we are all familiar with.. They are blocked from purchasing a club in the UK because their owner, as evidence suggests, personally ordered the murder of an innocent journalist who had the temerity to call out the regime. Kashoggi was murdered by forced overdose, his body cut up into a number of pieces and then dissolved in barrels of acid, which they then poured down the drain. The person who ordered that owns a club in the UK. That purchase was sanctioned by the UK govt. and days later there was an announcement of Saudi investment of several billion in the North East. Coincidence? I think not. The UK govt are actively seeking Saudi investment in eth UK to allow them to meet their 'levelling up agenda'."
My innocent question is this: what 'announcement of Saudi investment of several billion in the North East' is he referring to? Any idea?
