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Saudi Arabia-owned Newcastle to host two friendlies for Kingdom’s national team
Saudi Arabia-owned Newcastle will host the Kingdom’s national team for two friendly games in September, including against Jurgen Klinsmann-coached South Korea.
The games against Costa Rica on September 8 and South Korea four days later were announced Wednesday by Newcastle, whose majority owner is the Public Investment Fund that manages $700 billion of Saudi sovereign wealth.
They could be the debut games coaching the Saudi team for Roberto Mancini who unexpectedly left his job Sunday with European champion Italy.
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Mancini is reportedly going to take the Saudi Arabia job five months before the Asian Cup hosted by defending champion Qatar.
The Saudis are drawn in a group with Kyrgyzstan, Oman and Thailand.
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