Those who are relieved that Newcastle Utd will no longer be a front to advertise the wares of a horrific tyrant are in for quite the shock.

As bad as Sports Direct’s practices are, it’s certainly arguable that the business and social practices of the fucking House of Saud are a bit worse.

I’m not saying Mike Ashley wouldn’t do a genocide in Yemen or behead rape victims in a city centre, he probably would but we also have to accept he probably hasn’t.

But still, they might invest in the team a lot more and you can’t argue with a top 4 finish even if it means an entire city becomes an advert to whitewash crimes against humanity.

I just reckon that plastering Sports Direct logos on a stadium is pretty small fry comparatively.

I’d love to see NUFC turn a corner but I’d also rather see them relegated into oblivion than this.

“Oh but that’s modern football!”

Yeah, fuck modern football then.