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title: "Newcastle United: Luke Edwards drops insight on arbitration and potential takeover"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2021-04-24T16:15:58Z"
modified: "2021-04-24T16:15:58Z"
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# Newcastle United: Luke Edwards drops insight on arbitration and potential takeover

**Luke Edwards has dropped some interesting insight on arbitration and the potential takeover of Newcastle United.**

As per a [tweet](https://twitter.com/LukeEdwardsTele/status/1385296486649536513) from the Daily Telegraph journalist, the Premier League are ‘extremely confident’ that they will win the pending case against the Tyneisde club, which they believe is ‘watertight’.

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He also claimed that it is a ‘hit and hope’ and a ‘long shot’ for Mike Ashley, adding that he has ‘never been confident’ himself that the Magpies can win the legal battle.

### Newcastle takeover worry

If the Premier League are as confident as Edwards claims that they are, then it is certainly a worry for Newcastle going into the hearing.

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A negative result for the Magpies in this case could well kill the hopes of a potential takeover by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) group once and for all, but conversely a positive one may pave a pathway for the KSA’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to come back onto the table – if they are willing to do so.

Nonetheless, everything is all speculation up until this point, and Newcastle should now be focusing on making sure that they copper-fasten their Premier League status for next season.

***In other news,*** [***find out what big claim on the potential takeover Ben Jacobs has been dropped!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/newcastle-united-ben-jacobs-drops-big-premier-league-claim-on-arbitration-and-potential-takeover/)