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exciting explanation of everything in between. this is a video and audio production 5 d w. i hope video will tune in the i'm you can also, you can find is a cd state in history trans time as a frontier of the roman empire to its leading role in the united kingdom, industrial revolution. but nothing represents the city most. so then the st. james is called touched on a hill north of the river time. saint james's pock watches open you cause it's one of the only premier league grounds which can be found bag in the hall to the city we called at the cathedral now. initially started to build the 2nd send p and

english north, east new cost of the fans crammed into this cathedral to worship they won through la of the club is inseparable from the city where there's nowhere else in the okay, way it changes the mood, the counselor went in because of a plan well and then the city is joe man, this globe exemplifies the watery, ahold of know somewhere. this is, what would you find because, you know, this is about unit unit for us. and after a decade of mismanagement on the pitch in the region reeling from city of budget cuts, the tide turned in, newcastle, saudi arabia, bolt the club, bringing investment and envision which promised to revitalize the whole city. people have really seized on the kind of positive change in portions of the, of the club. one of the kind of few causes for hope and kind of cultural escape is

with a renewed purpose and direction utah. so look on track to eventually join the top of the football pyramid. but alongside the imminent glory that will always be criticism from detractors about sports, washing about how and autocratic states renowned for its human rights abuses, put so brazenly break into one of the things the shapell pools holland that's going into your account so far. and so do they are going into manchester for the disability for p r, just barely for developing political santo's of influences growing for developing business interests. so how has the saudi arabian ownership one over the hearts and minds, the new costs you know, in advance? well, it's far from black and white behind the school, it's watching narrative. there's a tale about local pride and community spirit battling against poverty and unemployment. and the government's failure to care for its own people. the coastline of no tumbling when you come to live. let's face it heavily in the united

kingdom story past. the trustful united is about unity in adversity. whether with being invaded by the romans, discuss the vikings or whoever gets home. this toby is the modern day modification of the industrial revolution, elevated the city. as a full town, newcastle became the world's pre gets called hub. these mines shipyards and still works dominating the region. that era helped define new castle assembling and the world. lots of major kind of historic fis took place in the customer that have been faced electric, the live stream, the world's 1st modern steam locomotives. so there's a sense in which the railways kind of originated in, in new castle, but the industrialization slowly descended across the u. k, brutal economic policies for margaret such a particularly decimate at the north in the 1980s. previously booming industries with gradually wiped out,

leaving the remaining communities abandoned. that moment was a moment and the reasons never really recovered from. so you have a kind of sense of absence, a sense of neglect, a sense of marginalization. it also has the status, the goal it takes, which began into a 2010, which of completely teaching millions and millions of people say to the economy, gain severely. and in fact, in the city of the north face is now one of the most disadvantage regions in the u . k. they lead the nation in child poverty, unemployment, alcohol related sites, holidays and suicide rights. most of these kind of key sociological measures, avenue northeast is on the wrong side of the so daughter is the situation. the 2 banks now crop up to cities most vulnerable. it's a common sight and much of the united kingdom, but especially in the nations. no bill cool current found at the new cost of united

fence food bank in 2010, which states $1200.00 people awake. whatever reason. people are working to need to feed the children. nobody stores the power on a policy starving children. so we need to get this sorted out and if they want, so they don't, we have to, it's no one to the new cost. so united, the city's only football club has become a haven to escape the hoss realities of northern lights with saint james's park. the stable ground where the fans descend. when you come into the city, you said uh you say black and white, i be way. you'll go around the corner, you'll see a flag. in the next corner, you'll see a 67 or 8 people start a 2nd. now as you get closer and close up the noise task developers, right, right, come on and who we're going to do. we go to and come on how we always get in the saint james's park has had its moments in the sun from winning titles in the early 19 hundreds and 19 fifties to the modern errors of kevin keegan. and ball the robinson. they may not have one of major domestic trophies since 1957,

but these teams brought joy to the joining nation through relentless attacking football. you call so wouldn't have the best that they competed. they entertained and that's old, but nodded. when the club was doing well, the city was driving when kevin keegan was in charge on the council searched of the league and he would speak to business owners and say productivity increases wouldn't across united to those well, because everyone balances into where a copy lies, your release where you forget about work problems. maybe it's financial problems, family problems, whatever it is. that was the relief. until that is a big man with big plans decided he wanted a piece of the pie. one retail magnet more actually bought the club in 2007, everything appeared. rosie invested in the team, made big promises, and even drank points with the fans. but a series of caulfield blunders resulted in new costs or being relegated twice from

the premier league in 7 years. the fence turned against ashley, seeing him as yet another end of the path leads to neglected the north stakes. somebody capital funds, maybe subconsciously, almost made that connection between my godfrey and the lead as well as they don't care about us. this isn't what about when you somebody else you just as we also don't about the front on so you know the teams actually twice in the purse strings as he put the club on sale attempts to kick start a fan funded takeover fell flat and many of the jodi faithful finally turn their backs on their beloved club. people go to watch football because it's a passion they enjoy it's. it's an escape. and it wasn't any of those things. and then my gosh, the was sucking the enjoyment. i would have thought, you know, type of 2021, saudi arabia, under the guise of it's public investment fund boat. and you costs united to 300000000 pounds. following a complicated legal battle with the premier league football world was shaken,

autocratic states had already crept into the game, but never before was this so much blow back against foreign investment within football, sports, washing frontline, the criticism, saudi arabia's defective rule, the crown prince of mohammedan solomon was in the limelight due to the murder of journalists, jamal kashodi. those pervades probably the most obvious example of why you make it score. queued a huge reputation problem at the same time as he was trying to digest his economy and bring a lot of investment into the country. there he needed somehow to get out as the property was in school, it was a great way to do that. so it's not of a getting rid of the bad news. smothering that bad news with vast amounts of good news. you costs offense top to the straits. the hash tag can spread through the fan based on social media. that support is correct or can be is to celebrate the long awaited departure of mike actually celebrate night. we would have to see when the

tables and those other sites. agents fall, not as one of the highlights my life, the 25. yes. you cost will fans didn't choose that you radio, that decision like family at the feet of the premier league and even the u. k. government under bars johnson, which was found to have played a crucial role in lobbying. so the saudi deal to the rubber stamped it was determined that the public investment fund was a separate legal entity to the sadie states. even though it is sadie own and funded and chet, bye crown prince. my kind of been solomon. i think when you look at the evidence, there's been a milestone that there's no question the british government was actively trying to presenting customers very public and very critical of the primarily extensively of a transparency. but really what he was trying to do was a trace of the primary lease approved the sale almost the whole city was desperate . so new costs united to be under new ownership. and the promise of sadie,

money flowing into other parts of the economy, was too good to turn down. there was no, that's fine. it was going to come in at that price and there's going to be investments that they did. and that's all. that's why they would support a given the potential investment for the city, the potential benefits for the city. and hopefully in the rest of this about me, the cities usually deprived needs external investment because it's not coming from the u. k. government, you can entirely understand why the simple things are 9 piece of there is to really get behind that bed and to close your eyes a little, but away from the, the more on save or the dimensions of the say, the regime. there was an item goal for the new sadie owners who are also extremely astute when picking the right l. o. as as minority shareholders. the reuben brothers 1000000000 is already held big investments in the city and a man to stave lee who had built a career brokering deals for middle east investors, provided the perfect front door thing, the role that i wanted to stay with played and to take over and since can really be understated, coughing up quite english women. as the face of the takeover,

somebody knew all the things to say to supporters was critical. not only the things you is a date in our engagement with the media. she has been a nice day guessing away from the color behind the cloud, which is most fans didn't take much to be convinced. so either the saudis invested in the squad, renovated the training facilities, proposed the stadium expansion, and announced plans to develop the land around saint james's park. which actually who do i, the sold off or allowed to wallow in dilapidation? that goes, i pulled cache into the women's team, which was languishing in the full during mark s these rain. they now wanting to be competing in europe by 2027. that's another contribution ottoman, because you've got some people who say, so do you want to shift given women's rights and saudi arabia should they be invested in the women's team? the counter arguments about as well? is it such a negative to invest in the way to see me as a was a forgotten about entity in the costs?

united was not even part of the club before they came in. perhaps most importantly, however, the club re established a relationship with the fans. and they started winning on the anyhow champions league qualification, followed to the 1st time in 20 years to get champions league of to, to get side to incredible highway fighting against the leading. you know, if a new cost will be competing, you know, actually thomas full $1.00 who would have thought bob is walking around, store himself, or miserable as agents call one of sites. so now you can see, you know, in advance, just basking in the reality of once again being competitive. the feeling like they've won back a connection to their beloved football club. but the issue of being owned by an autocratic state, renounce that human rights abuses. conk be ignored. the view will tell you how happy the boxing was. the story

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