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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Eddie Howe was appointed Newcastle manager in November, one month after the club’s takeover<\/p>\n

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe accepts he will be asked about the club’s Saudi Arabian majority owners but says his “specialist subject is football”.<\/p>\n

Howe was criticised for not commenting on Saudi Arabia executing 81 men in one day following Sunday’s loss to Chelsea.<\/p>\n

He said on Wednesday: “Football is what I know and what I’ve trained to do.<\/p>\n

“As soon as I deviate from that into an area where I don’t feel qualified to have a huge opinion, I think I go into dangerous ground.”<\/p>\n

Newcastle were taken over in October by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium.<\/p>\n

The country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) – of which Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is chairman – has an 80% stake in the club.<\/p>\n

The Premier League approved the takeover after receiving “legally binding assurances” that the Saudi state would not control the club.<\/p>\n

“It’s a difficult one for everyone concerned and I understand that questions have to be asked,” Howe said.<\/p>\n

“I am hugely proud to represent this football club, the supporters, the city and I’m trying to create a team the city can be proud of.<\/p>\n

“All my energy is going into that and will continue to.”<\/p>\n

Is this a moment of reckoning for English football ownership?Why is turning to Saudi Arabia for oil so controversial?<\/p>\n

Newcastle’s relationship with Saudi Arabia has been further questioned following the sanctioning of Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich.<\/p>\n

Abramovich’s attempt to sell Chelsea has been halted after the oligarch was sanctioned by the UK government as part of its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Asked if he was reading up on the issues at stake, Howe added: “Yes definitely, I’ve done that and will continue to do so.<\/p>\n

“Obviously part of my job now in the modern football management scene is to know what’s going on around the world, and I will have to do that.<\/p>\n

“But football will have to be and will always be my passion and it will always be the main crux of my job, and I think that’s where my time needs to be spent.”<\/p>\n

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