UK PM acted on plea from Saudi Crown Prince over axed deal to buy football club: Daily Mail By Reuters

(Reuters) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted on a personal plea from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the axed 300 million pounds ($413.34 million) deal to buy football club Newcastle United, the Daily Mail newspaper reported https:// late on Wednesday.

The proposed takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium collapsed last year after the group declined to take up the Premier League’s offer of independent arbitration to decide who would own the club.

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