Newcastle United wearing the colours of Saudi Arabia’s national football side on their away shirt next season would be “clear evidence” of sportswashing by the Gulf regime, Amnesty International has said.
Leaked images were circulated online on Thursday night purporting to show Newcastle’s strips for the forthcoming season, the first full term under the majority ownership of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF).
Although photos showed the home colours remaining the traditional black and white, the away colours were white with a green trim, the same as the Saudi national team and a combination never worn by the Premier League side.
Questions over the proximity of PIF to the Saudi state have persisted since the Premier League allowed a takeover to go through last October. The league said it had guarantees Saudi Arabia would not control Newcastle, but Amnesty said the images sug …
- May 14, 2022
