That's half the issue, they have been screening on Saudi TV without paying for the rights, just stealing from Bein TV. What makes you think they will start paying now?

Can't see the ethics of not allowing Saudis to buy into football (and Newcastle Utd) when Britain gladly sells them whatever military hardware they need
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And that sums up the issue nicely.

By all rights the PL should say no because the Saudi regime is a nasty one plus they are illegally streaming PL games which is robbing the PL of revenue. However as the Saudis are not an embargoed country like Iran it is difficult to justify selling them arms whilst blocking this deal.

The sooner this country has energy independence the sooner we can tell the likes of the Saudis and other bye bye.

One more point

Saudi's effectively a NATO protectorate. We all let them get away with human rights violations in their country because it's better than allowing the Iranian's/Iraqi's or Russians to gain control of Saudi oil reserves.

Keep funding Israel too to allow things to stay a bit on edge all the time.

Better solution, just get rid of petrol/diesel powered vehicles and that’s the end of the middle east. No money and no source for generating it.

An interesting theory, would we be self sufficient for oil in the UK if we got rid of vehicles using it? We actually have s*** loads of oil but of a higher grade. Is that going to work for industrial uses?