According to Tasnim news agency and quoted by Sun magazine, Newcastle will play next season with a shirt in the house of rivals, the only difference with the shirt of the Saudi national team is the logos on it.
The Saudis, who bought Newcastle’s stake from Mike Ashley last year, may not have had much opportunity to advertise for themselves so far, but they seem to have decided to do so in such a way that everyone understands who fills the Treasury’s’s’s treasury. Their solution is to choose a design for their team’s second shirt, which is quite similar to the shirt of the Saudi national football team. In designing this shirt, only green and white colors are used, which are the colors of the Saudi flag.
It seems that one of the goals of the Saudi owners of Newcastle is to earn money from the sale of their shirts in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, while some fans have welcomed the design of Newcastle’s second shirt, another group has questioned it.
“Where else did they get the inspiration for this other project?” One VP user wrote in a tweet. “It sounds very clever, but it’s right, they are the boys (of the Saudi national team),” another user wrote. The reaction of another Newcastle fan was even more interesting in cyberspace, writing: “This is the most Saudi Newcastle shirt you will see.”
Newcastle, who were among the candidates for relegation before the Saudi owners arrived, are now confident of surviving in the Premier League with 14 points.