Liverpool’s record bid for striker and offer for Howe target Ekitike cast cloud over manager’s plans for new season
Amid the jungle of super-skyscrapers dominating Riyadh’s financial district, one building soars above the rest. From the higher floors of the 385-metre PIF Tower, employees can plot their next deal while gazing down on a glass-curtained canopy of concrete, steel and polished marble.
For Yasir al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the chair of Newcastle United, the top of this striking, 80-storey crystalline structure is a place where metaphorical blue-sky thinking meets reality.
Written by Louise Taylor
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jul/16/newcastle-eddie-howe-alexander-isak-hugo-ekitike-liverpool under the title “Howe’s dilemma as Newcastle’s Saudi owners can’t ignore case to sell Isak”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
