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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly question time debate in Parliament, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, April 14, 2021, in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS<\/figcaption>

(Reuters) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted on a personal plea from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the axed 300 million pounds ($413.34 million) deal to buy Premier League club Newcastle United, the Daily Mail newspaper reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The proposed takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium collapsed last year after the group declined to take up the Premier League\u2019s offer of independent arbitration to decide who would own the club.<\/p>\n

The group, which included Saudi Arabia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund PIF, PCP Capital Partners and Reuben Brothers, said last year they were ending their interest in the deal, which had been delayed by the Premier League\u2019s owners and directors test.<\/p>\n

The consortium had blamed the length of the evaluation for the decision to withdraw.<\/p>\n

Mohammed Bin Salman had urged Johnson to \u201ccorrect and reconsider\u201d a \u201cwrong\u201d decision by the Premier League, which was accused of blocking the takeover of the club, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n

Johnson asked a senior aide and Middle East expert, Lord Eddie Lister, to take up the complaint, the report said. Lister was cited in the Daily Mail report as saying that he would investigate.<\/p>\n

A UK government spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment by Reuters. The Daily Mail quoted a government spokesman as saying: \u201cWhile we welcome overseas investment, this was a commercial matter for the parties concerned and the Government was not involved at any point in the takeover talks on Newcastle United.\u201d<\/p>\n

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