Exactly, it never really crossed my mind that people were using this as some kind of exercise in defending the Saudis. Seems a bit of a RTG-esque stretch to be saying this is sports washing in action.
While I agree with some of the wider points about pile ons and people getting their lives ruined for years-old ill-advised comments etc, someone getting the sack over rape bants on a Twitter account where he has his employer in his bio is hardly cancel culture like.
Had a look on a Brighton forum and it sounds like he's had a really good season so far, seem to think the fee is pretty low as well. Sounds decent to me, we need to improve the squad as well as getting big names in.
I know as Newcastle fans we are genetically predisposed to shit our kegs at the first sniff of bad news but people need to read what Graves is replying to before assuming the worst
Small mercy that this didn't break when the bid went in saving me 24h of crippling anxiety but would have just preferred to skip straight to the scarf tbf.