Keep your finger on the pulse of the Toon with Lee Ryder in his exclusive NUFC newsletterNewcastle United's Premier League rivals Chelsea could be the next club to have owners from Saudi Arabia. And fans on Tyneside will be interested to see how smoothly the process for the Premier League owners and directors test goes through this time. Now the Saudi Media Group have reportedly placed a £2.7billion bid in for crisis club Chelsea. With Roman Abramovich hit by government sanctions and disqualified as a Premier League director, the Blues must be sold to save their future. CBS Sports now report that Saudi Media’s owner Mohamed Alkhereiji is a Chelsea fan and is leading the private consortium to buy the club.

Source: Metro March 15, 2022 06:36 UTC