Newcastle is allowed to loan Saudi players: One vote missing for multi-club ban

Premier League voting

Some Premier League clubs wanted to ban loan player moves between clubs with the same owner at least in the upcoming January transfer window, but there were too few. Now the focus is primarily on Newcastle United.

In a vote of all 20 Premier League clubs on Tuesday, 13 voted in favor of a transfer restriction in the upcoming transfer period, according to consistent media reports in England, including “The Athletic“. No players would then have been allowed to be transferred to a Premier League club from a club that has the same owners. What would have been necessary was 14, which would have meant a secure two-thirds majority.

Newcastle United, which is 80 percent owned by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund, has recently been in the headlines because of a possible loan from Rúben Neves. The 26-year-old midfielder from the dethroned Saudi series champions Al-Hilal was discussed as a replacement for the suspended Newcastle professional Sandro Tonali. The ban was suggested as a temporary measure. A concrete solution should be found for the summer transfer window. Some teams also insisted on extending the rule change not only to loan transactions, but also to permanent transfers and, for example, introducing a two-year period between the first transfer and possible internal transfer.

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