Newcastle

[KunDB]

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Didn't take long for the witch hunt of Newcastle to begin. 19 clubs meeting in secret and plotting to block Newcastle under the guise of FFP, why does that sound familiar, with City abstaining in the vote of the subsequent all 20 meeting to ban for a month related parties sponsorship deals.

"Premier League clubs have voted to temporarily block teams agreeing lucrative sponsorship deals linked to a club's owners after the Saudi Arabia-backed £305m takeover of Newcastle.

Eighteen clubs voted in favour of the ban at an emergency meeting on Monday.

Newcastle voted against and Manchester City abstained, with both questioning the legality of the move.

It means a temporary one-month ban on deals linked to club owners while the issue is debated further.

That prevents Newcastle signing sponsorship deals with companies linked to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), which owns 80% of the club."

Of course this is to protect the clubs against unfair play and maintain the integrity of the competitions, blah, blah, blah, yawn.

Only minor surprise, if I can even call it a surprise, Chelsea voting for this. Oh the hypocrisy of that.

[gavin]

Chelsea are among the biggest hypocrites of all. They were very vehemently after City. City should have voted against this.