to appear next on d w. sports life takes a look at oil money and the english soccer at the saudi owns club, newcastle, united. i'm david levitz for me and the whole team here in berlin. thanks for watching dw, the, these places in europe, a smashing step into a bold adventure. the treasure map for modern globetrotters. describe it as some of us wriggled, bragging sites on youtube and also this shadows of jumping. these costs and video shed lights on the dog is devastating. colonial har is infected by germany across and he employed the schools, tactic farms and destroy lives. what is the legacy of this wide spread races,

depression, today? history, we need to talk about here, the stories, shadows of german colonialism. the coffee pon pon is a cd state in history for its 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 saint james's, par touched on a hill north of the river time, saint james's talk watches of a new cost. it's one of the only premier league grounds which can be found bag in the hearts of the city. we called at the cathedral on the hill, initially stands. although the 2nd cent fee in england is north

a. these new causal fans crammed into this cathedral to worship. they won that true love. the club is inseparable from the city where there's nowhere else in the okay, where it changes the mood, the counselor went in because of the plan. well, then the city is joe man. this globe exemplifies the warranty, ahold of. no. so this is what we do find the coastal united is about unity universe and after a decade of mismanagement on the pitch and the rage and reeling from city of budget cuts, the tide turned in, new cost, saudi arabia boat, the club, bringing investment and ambition, which promised to revitalize the whole city the people of 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. adults both flushing about how and autocratic states renowned for its human rights abuses, put so brazenly break into one of the english pools holland. i'm going into your account so far and say they are going into manchester for the it's 1000000000 for p r. it's building for developing political samples of influences growing for developing business interest. so how has the saudi arabian ownership, one of the hearts and minds w costs, you know, in advance? well, it's far from black and white. it's behind the sports washing narrative. there's a tail 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. the states and heavily in the united kingdom store a pastor. the tussle united is about unity in adversity. whether we're being

invaded by the romans, the scots, the vikings, or whoever gets home. this probably is the modern day modification of the industrial revolution, elevated the city. as a full town, newcastle became the world's previous cold. hot mines shipyards and still works dominating the region. that era helped define new cost, so no fumble and, and the world lots of major kind of historic fis took place in the customer to have a very selective commit street in the world's 1st modern steam locomotives. so there's essentially much the railways kind of originated in in new customers, but the industrialization slowly just send it across the u. k. brutal economic policies for margaret, such a particularly decimate at the north in the 1980s. previously booming industries would gradually walked out, leaving the remaining communities abandoned. that moment was

a moment that the reason is 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 and we're trying to attain which of completely teaching millions and millions of papers age of 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 them. 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 corcoran found at the new costs united fence food bank in 2010, which fades 12 hun, the people which whatever reason,

people are working don't have enough money to feed the children. nobody still has the power on a policy solving 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. the united, the cities, only football club has become a haven to escape the hoss realities of northern life. with saint james's park, the fable ground where the fans descend. when you come into the city, you said uh you say black and white, every way you'll go around the corner, you'll see a flag in the next corner. you'll see if 67, or 8 people start a 2nd. now as we get closer and close up the noise task developers, right, right, come on and who we got to do, we go to way and come on, how we always get in there. 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 bother you robinson. i may not have one of major domestic trophies since 1957,

but these teams brought joy to the jordy nation through relentless attacking football. you call so when never the best, but 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 it was this the castle search of the league and they would speak to business owners and say productivity increases when the company neither does well because everyone publishes into where a copy lies your release way to get about word 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 market 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 you costs are being relegated twice from the primary. lee, to in 7 use the fence, turned against ashley,

seeing him as yet another member of a palpable leads who neglected the north east. some of the castle funds, maybe subconsciously, almost made the connection between my godfrey and my lead as well as they don't care of, i would say. so what about when he so my gosh, and 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 the saddle, attempts to kick start offend funded takeover felt flats. and many of the dougherty 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 in that. my gosh, the was sucking the enjoyment out of that. in october 2021, saudi arabia, under the guise of its public investment fund board. and you costs united to 300000000 pounds. following a complicated legal battle with the premier league, the 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 sadie arabia's defective rule. the crown prince, mohammedan solomon was in the limelight due to the murder of journalists. jamal kashodi does pervades probably the most obvious example of, of why you making sport cute, a huge reputation problems at the same time as he was trying to diagnose his economy and bring a lot of investment into the country there he needed somehow to get out of the trouble he was in that school, it was a great way to do that. so it's not a vague, getting rid of the bad news. smothering that bad news with vast amounts of good news, you call so fans top to the streets, the hash tag can spread through the fan base on social media as the port is correct or can be is to celebrate the long awaited departure of mike ashley. and celebrate like we would have to see the nose outside season spa dot is one,

the highlights my life spot in the club for over 25 years. you costs offense, didn't choose saudi arabia that decision to make them we at the feet of the premier league and even the u. k. government, under bar johnson, which was found to have played a crucial role in lobbying. so this saturday deal to be robust stamped. it was determined that the public investment fund was a separate legal entity to the sadie state. even though it is sadie owned and funded. and chet, bye crown prince. my kind of been solomon. i think when you look at the evidence, there's been a mast on that there's no question the british government was actively trying to fix that. to me is 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 promise the investment that they did. and that's all, that's why they what's important given the potential investments of the city, the potential benefits for the city, and hopefully as residents as well me, the cities usually deprived needs external investment because it's not coming from the government. you can entirely understand why the simple things are and 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. it was an item goal for the new sadie owners who were 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 amanda staley, who had built a career brokering deals for middle east investors, provided the perfect front. i don't thing the role that i wanted to stave we played and the takeover and since can really be understated. coughing up quite english women as the face of the takeover, someone in the meals and things to say,

the supporters was critical. not only the, but i think she was very in depth in our engagements with the media. she has been a nice digression away from the color behind the cloud, which is the 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 ashley, who do i have a sold off, or allowed to wallow in dilapidation? that goal? so i pulled cash into the women's team, which was languishing in the full during mark s these rain. they now waiting to be competing in europe by 2027. that's another contribution ottoman, because they've got some people who say, so do you want to shift, given the 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 house? 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 daddy, how champions league qualification, followed for the 1st time in 20 years, to get champions league after 2 gas. i incredible highway fighting against the leading. you know, if a new castle be competing, you know, lots of 5 taras full one who would have thought bobby's walk around, store himself miserable as agents call one of sites. so now new coffee, united fans 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 in human rights abuses, conk be ignored, the new, more tangled tables. this is how you fill up on electricity. while you drive inductive

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