Amr Ebeid (Cairo)
The newspapers “The Times” and “Daily Mail” confirmed that the Qatari offer to buy Manchester United appears to be “the strongest and closest” to obtaining this huge historic deal, and “The Times” indicated that the sale is expected to take place before the upcoming spring holidays. And it is betting that the Qatari offer will outperform its British and American counterparts, in light of the Saudi investment officials being satisfied with the Newcastle club in the current period, according to its reports, and this is what the “Daily Mail” also went to, with “full confidence” from the Qatari side in its ability to acquire and own. Old Trafford giants.
And if that deal takes place in this way, the “Premier League” will witness more “Arab control”, after Abu Dhabi preceded everyone, and launched a flight with the mediation of its successful wing, the City Football Group, to win championships with the Manchester City team that extends its absolute control over the English Premier League in the current era. And during the last 5 seasons, the “Blue Moon” managed under “the UAE sponsorship” to win 4 titles in the “Premier League”, in addition to returning to its normal position above the top of the current version after “conquering” Arsenal, who has been leading for more than 18 rounds, 3 1 / Last Wednesday, and Al-Samawi seemed determined to keep the cup that it had owned for the previous two consecutive years, and since the Emirati administration took over the “Manchester giants”, “Al-Samawi” succeeded in winning its 6 modern championships in the “Premier League era”, in addition to competing until the last meters in Most seasons, in addition to winning the League Cups, the FA and the Charity Shield, and reaching the Champions League final two years ago!
And in October 2021, the Saudi Public Investment Fund announced its acquisition of 80% of the shares of Newcastle United, which began to live a clear boom and advance step by step in the “Premier League” table until it reached fourth place now, and it seems able to seize one of the qualified seats to the “Champions League.” », as he has only lost one match so far, it was against Liverpool, and he succeeded in beating Chelsea and Tottenham, while he tied with the “big”, Manchester City and Arsenal, as well as “United” in previous rounds, after he was content in the past seasons to stay between Positions 11 and 13, and most importantly, the Magpies reached the League Cup final to face Manchester United at the end of February.
Aston Villa has also been present in the “Premier League” race, too, in an “Arab suit” in an Egyptian-American partnership since 2018, and immediately after that, the “Lions” were able to return to the Premier League after two seasons spent in the shadows of the “Championship”, and it is currently in the middle of the standings. Away from the dangers of relegation, and he may join the “Arab Group” team, Sheffield United, which is under Saudi ownership, if he continues his good career by finishing second in the English Championship League, which directly qualifies him to return to the “Premier League” lights, and during the past few months, reports have not stopped. The media reported on the talk about the existence of multiple Arab investment desires to buy other English clubs, including Liverpool and Tottenham, and it was reported that Qatari investment revolves around them before United appears and grabs the greatest interest!
The Arab launch in the English Premier League included a number of stars who have shone in recent years, perhaps the most prominent of them is the Algerian Riyad Mahrez, who now has 4 titles in his pocket in the “Premier League”, which is an unprecedented Arab number, as he began the coronation procession with Leicester City in the 2015/2016 season. , before winning the “treble” with City between 2019 and 2022, and he still continues his creativity in the “heavenly” shirt, being the second best scorer and maker with the team currently, and of course the Egyptian Mohamed Salah snatched most of the lights in the “Premier League” during previous seasons, as he won the top scorer award 3 times. Including two consecutive seasons in 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.
Salah also competed vigorously in two other seasons, and the “Pharaoh” led Liverpool to regain the league title after a long absence in the 2019-2020 season, along with many individual awards and breaking dozens of records to become currently the best African and Arab scorer in the history of the “Premier League.” There is also Moroccan Hakim. Ziyash, who won with Chelsea the “triple” of champions, the European Super League and the Club World Cup in 2021, and if Arsenal manages to fight to the end and win the league, Mohamed Elneny will be the second Egyptian player to be crowned the “Premier League” title!