Consequently, in April 2020 Yousef Al-Obaidly – CEO of beIN – wrote to the Premier League and all of its member clubs demanding that the prospective takeover of Newcastle United be blocked. He also attached a letter from beIN Sport’s legal adviser, Stephan Nathan QC, saying that the KSA government had supported beoutQ and that the government would become a shadow director of Newcastle if the takeover was approved.
