Newcastle United close club store and make all staff redundant. The club shop is owned and operated by Sports Direct.
Mike Ashley has informed staff that PIF/Saudi Arabia do not see the store as part of their plans post-takeover
For awareness. The club is still in an ongoing arbitration case with the Premier League and hasn't been sold. So I'll translate that to, I wanted to close the shop and make everyone redundant but blame it on the Saudis. What an incredible chap.