'Made to look a fool' - Simon Jordan makes Newcastle takeover admission four years on from infamous quote

If you’re going to be wrong, probably don’t go in two-footed like Simon Jordan did this time four years ago.

The talkSPORT host and former Crystal Palace owner was reflecting on the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United when he was reminded of an infamous comment that the club’s supporters ended up immortalising.

'Made to look a fool' - Simon Jordan makes Newcastle takeover admission four years on from infamous quote

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund completed their £300million takeover of the Premier League outfit on October 7, 2021 despite multiple hurdles along the way.

The Middle Eastern country’s ‘concerning’ human rights violations were flagged by Amnesty International and many others, but in the end the Premier League accepted that the state would not run the club.

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