Is The House Of Saud Football's House Of Cards?
5/1/20261 hr
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Amid a shifting landscape of Saudi Arabian sports investments, where does football sit in the PIF's list of priorities? Newcastle are at a crossroads in their journey with the House of Saud and the Pro League is no longer handing out cheques for fun. Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rory Smith and Tariq Panja discuss the implications if the retrenchment of the Gulf's wealthiest oil state hits football.
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First 90 secondsRory Smith· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network.
Jack Pitt-Brooke· Host0:04
Hello, and welcome to Libero, the podcast about the most important of the least important things, as Yasser Al-Rumayyan has once said. [upbeat music] My name's Jack Pitt-Brooke. I'm from The Athletic. I'm joined today by Tariq Panja of The New York Times. Hi, Tariq.
Tariq Panja· Guest0:20
Hello, mate.
Jack Pitt-Brooke· Host0:21
And by Rory Smith of, of The Observer. Hey, Rory.
Rory Smith· Guest0:24
How are you?
Jack Pitt-Brooke· Host0:25
Yeah, I'm good, thank you. Thanks for asking. Look, before we get to the main business of the day, live show tickets are now available to everyone. The link is in the episode description, and SC Libero members will have been sent a discount code via email. In terms of our SC Libero offering, the pay-what-you-want era is sadly now over, and SC Libero has moved into a tiered phase. There are four tiers that you can join: Voyeurs, Einsteins, Special Ones, and Putas Jefes. Please write in if you can guess the link between those themes, and they increase in quality the more that you pay. The main one is ad-free listening and extra time is roughly £3 per month for the Voyeurs, while bonus episodes and other perks will start at £6 per month for the Einsteins. And as ever, there is a discount for those who subscribe annually rather than monthly. Quickly, Champions League, Bayern against PSG. Rory, what a game.
Rory Smith· Guest1:23
Yeah, it was amazing. There was... It has been a, a... It was like a great game in the sense that it was both brilliant entertainment. I