Nagging Questions for Newcastle Players, Saudi Jets and Premier

Long before Newcastle United’s players and coaches set off for a warm-weather training camp in Saudi Arabia this week, the new owners of the Premier League football team faced the difficult task of convincing the world that the team would not have a presence. Saudi state. It hasn’t been an easy case to make: After …

Premier League Vote Targets Saudi Spending in Newcastle

Fearing that the arrival of another deep-pocketed ownership group from the Gulf could soon put even their own billionaire owners at a competitive disadvantage, Premier League teams voted on Monday to curtail – at least for a short time – new Saudi Arabian owners of Newcastle United. from injecting some of their vast wealth into …

English Premier League offers to ‘reward’ growing football teams

The Premier League, English football’s top league, is offering an unspecified “reward” to 20 clubs for inoculating more of their roster, fearing that a significant number of their players will go unvaccinated. The offer was made in a letter sent to teams last week that said only seven of the 20 teams had more than …

Premier League Won’t Leave Players for World Cup Qualifiers

FIFA’s international windows normally allow players to return to their home countries for two matches, but the outbreak has left FIFA a compressed window to complete the 2022 World Cup qualifying matches, which will open in Qatar next November. Many of the world’s top leagues and clubs have called on FIFA this summer to work …

Premier League Won’t Leave Players for World Cup Qualifiers

FIFA ignored these requests and added two extra days for qualifiers in September and October. Clubs and their leagues are outraged, but face sanctions if they refuse to release their players. This seems like a risk Premier League teams are willing to take. “Premier League clubs have always supported their players’ aspirations to represent their …