Howe defends Newcastle’s Saudi trip
Club’s new owners accused of ‘sportswashing’ abuses in their home country
LONDON: Eddie Howe confirmed on Friday that Newcastle would travel to Saudi Arabia for a training camp despite a fresh warning from Amnesty International that the kingdom was “trying to sportswash their appalling human rights record”.
Relegation-threatened Newcastle, who are 80% owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), will fly to the Middle East after their Premier League game at Leeds on Saturday.
Amanda Staveley’s consortium bought the club in October against a background of concern over the Gulf state’s human rights record…
