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Amnesty International: Newcastle risk 'becoming a patsy' with Saudi takeover

Human rights organisation Amnesty International have criticised Newcastle's potential takeover by the Saudi-backed consortium PCP Partners in a letter to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters.

Paperwork on the Newcastle deal is being finalised after an agreement was found on Monday between Mike Ashley and PCP Capital Partners.

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Amnesty UK director Kate Allen wrote to Masters to express concern about Saudi Arabia's human rights record.