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The arrival of money was never going to bring about a new era of normality at Newcastle United.
Take last Friday. It started with Eddie Howe confirming the squad would jet off for a training camp in Saudi Arabia this week.
The head coach was very quickly fielding questions on human rights and whether he would be shaking hands with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in between bouncers about his return of one win in 10 matches and failed pursuit of key transfer targets.
Come midday, Amnesty International and MPs were criticising the notion of the Saudi trip being a ‘football decision’, as Howe put it. It was, they said, blatant ‘sportswashing’.
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By tea-time, news was landing of Newcastle’s former owner, Mike Ashley, suing one of the current custodians, Amanda Staveley, over a £10million loan she used to help complete the takeover.
Had anyone mentioned Newcastle were playing at Leeds
