There had been NO bid from Saudi’s prior to Friday and attempts to find Saudi backers were proving difficult.
Nick Candy’s group are described as “ The longest of shots “
The Athletic heard that the Saudi Government had encouraged SMG to bid, but there’s a problem with that because it took nearly a year for the Saudi’s to prove that Mohamed Bin Salman was not picking the team at St James Park.
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