Amnesty International say the Premier League must "re-examine the assurances" given about Saudi state control of Newcastle. It's after #NUFC chair Yasir Al-Rumayyan was described as "a sitting minister of the government" with "sovereign immunity" in a US court case. 
Statements came via lawyers representing LIV Golf (owned by PIF). San Francisco court approved PGA Tour's request to include Al-Rumayyan as a defendant in lawsuit against LIV. PIF say Al-Rumayyan is "not [an] ordinary third party subject to basic discovery relevance standards".
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has said in the past if evidence of state involvement in the running of Newcastle "we can remove the consortium".
Newcastle still argue legal separation and maintain Al-Rumayyan being referred to as "a sitting minister" doesn't change anything. Interesting to know whether the Premier League already knew this. Ultimately, the #NUFC takeover went through because the piracy issue was resolved.
The Premier League or Newcastle are still yet to explain with any clarity or detail either the delay or sudden approval of the #NUFC takeover, or what "legally binding assurances" actually means in practice, beyond just being a bit of paper.
As I've said many times, #NUFC are great club, and the ownership group has done wonderful things on the football side. But whole takeover saga was about transparency. PIF constantly said they had nothing to hide. Yet they are yet to engage or answer questions with media or fans.
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