Newcastle United news: Fan views on concerns about “sportswashing”

We asked for your views on whether Newcastle United’s Carabao Cup win has been “tainted by the ownership of the club”, after the Newcastle United Fans Against Sportswashing group raised their concerns given the club’s Saudi Arabian takeover.

Here are some of your thoughts:

Sty: What a load of rubbish. Newcastle have had the same investment as many other clubs and nobody asks where that money has come from, do they?

Al: I wholeheartedly agree with the sportswashing comment.

Marc: This cup win will not be tainted. A minority non-Newcastle group will not spoil it for the majority. We love Saudi Arabia and Newcastle United.

Rory: Unfortunately everything will be tainted for as long as the Toon are backed by such a brutal regime. I will be celebrating, but it is bittersweet.

Katie: This is being questioned just because someone else is winning. We aren’t the only team with questionable ownership. There are other teams owned by Chinese consortiums and other countries with questionable human rights laws. Allow a team that has waited over half a century for success to enjoy it before you start this nonsense!

Stu: As much as I loved watching Newcastle win the Carabao Cup, and something being ticked off the old bucket list, one thing I can’t ignore is the Saudi’s links to the club and the awful human rights violations. It is probably why I don’t buy any of the Newcastle merchandise – I’d be wondering if my money was going towards human rights violations.

Paul: Newcastle have done everything by the book. They have stayed in the guidelines of PSR. How can it be sportswashing when you have the likes of Chelsea spending £1bn on players and Manchester City who are sat on 115 charges for breaking the regulations?

John: Pure and simple, politics needs to be kept out of sport. The only reason this is an issue is because it Newcastle United and not one of the big six.