This point was addressed on the previous page.
https://twitter.com/JohnTextor/status/1452695105333342220
John Textor sold his holding, PIF subsequently bought publicly traded shares in the resulting public limited company. So, no.
My guess would be that it is not certain that the government dictated the deal, and that the PL always had a choice.
The Premier League's consistent failure to ever apply a meaningful test to club ownership is a ripe juicy legitimate target, and they must take the majority of the...