CRAIG HOPE: One year on from Newcastle's Saudi takeover there are still big moral questions
Daily MailJesmond Dene House is back to normal now. One year ago today, it was champagne corks, hysterical supporters, satellite trucks, jostling journalists, ex-SAS bodyguards and finally, at 5.40pm, the emergence of Amanda Staveley to tell the world Newcastle United was under new ownership, headed by Saudi Arabia’s £700billion Public Investment Fund. Eddie Howe was appointed as Newcastle manager shortly after last year's takeover Twelve months can pass very quickly in football but, for those connected to Newcastle, it feels like a lifetime of change. Newcastle's new funds have allowed them to sign the likes of Alexander Isak And infrastructural investments are continuing to be made in the academy, training ground, women’s team, recruitment and commercial departments. Newcastle fans have seemed happy to separate football from morality politics But that does not mean anniversary celebrations should ignore the concerns that remain over Saudi ownership.
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