“It would be contrary to the letter and the spirit of the Premier League Chairmen’s Charter and the Rules of the Premier League, and the fundamental and honourable principles upon which they are based.”
The Saudi consortium close to purchasing Newcastle – Public Investment Fund (PIF) – is controlled by the Gulf nation’s leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
In a separate statement made via Twitter last week, Cengiz demanded the Premier League intervene in the potential takeover to keep Bin Salman out of sports in the United Kingdom.
“UK authorities and the Premiere League (sic) should not allow someone like Mohamed Bin Salman (sic), who has yet to face any accountability for the murder of my late fiancé, Jamal Khashoggi, to be so involved in sports in the UK,” Cengiz said in the statement.
“Doing otherwise will greatly stain the reputation of the Premiere League and the UK. Mohamed Bin Salman is strategically using international sports to repair his badly damaged reputation after the murder of Jamal.”