I’ve read it’s a £27m a year deal for 3 years. Good growth for our commercial income and additionally with it not being Saudi it closed a LOT of noise from other clubs. It’s just the beginning.
This for me is another example of the club playing it clever. Sticking to ffp, buying young up coming talent, not having obvious Saudi state owned sponsors.
This is key. It’s what sets us apart. And the very fundamental thing that they can do is Saudi can invest in the infrastructure without restriction. So keep the FFP model sound. And invest in the capital. By definition that will attract commercial investment which is “clean”.
The Aston Villa owner summed it up nicely. He basically said along the lines of: There is no point clubs "calling for" an investigation, the Premier League is almost certainly doing one anyway. But, even if Prince Salman himself was Interviewed on live TV, said he loves NUFC, runs the club personally and makes all the signings on behalf of the state ... There isn't a rule against that. Saudi Arabia and Prince Salman are not on any UK sanctions list, they're key regional allies, the Premier League cannot possibly just decide that Saudi Arabia deserve to be sanctioned.
The place we d Exactly yet sky sports push the headline that is contrary to the entire context of his answer.
That pissed me off too. The headline was "Aston Villa owner calls for premier League investigation" He instead immediately says "of course the Premier League is investigating, but it doesn't matter anyway." What a joke Sky is
