Newcastle EFL Cup Final 2025 Winners will have to wait for a trophy parade in the city due to the international break and a training camp in hot weather in Saudi Arabia, with an announcement that would be planned on the date of an event after discussions between the club, the Newcastle municipal council and the Northumbria police.
The Magpies Are Owned by A Consortium Led by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Are Returning to Riyadh this Week, where their non-International Players Trained During the November International Break as Part of A series of Visits by the Squad to the Homeland of Fund Governor Yasir Al-Rumayan Celebrated on the Pitch at Wembley Stadium with the Trophy before Joining the Team in A Newcastle Shirt for a Post-Match Function.
The scorers of their 2-0 victory against Liverpool, Dan Burn And Alexander Isak, are among the players who will be in international service, starting with a potential the beginnings in England for the home defender in Albania on Friday (7:45 pm GMT), followed by Sweden for the top scorer who hosts Luxembourg in a friendly match on Saturday (5 p.m.).
An announcement on a parade in the first domestic trophy in Mark Newcastle since the 1955 FA Cup could be made on Monday afternoon, according to Live chronicle.
GOOD MORNING! 😍 pic.twitter.com/pcqxlc3sfl
– Newcastle United (@NUFC) March 17, 2025
Yasir al-Rumayyan: Trophy “not the last”
Al-Rumayyan, who also manages Liv Golf and is the president of the airline Riyadh Air, was appointed president of Newcastle when the consortium concluded its agreement in October 2021.
While lifting the trophy, the 55 -year -old man was shown by telling Wembley fans: “This is the first – and it will not be the last.”
The victorious players would have directed themselves to the room near the kitchen and the detail Boxpark after the final, where Al-Rumayyan would have posed for photos in the colors of the club with the co-owner of Newcastle, Jamie Reuben.
Newcastle spent 400 million pounds Sterling in transfers – including 63 million pounds Sterling on Isak – since taking control, raising them from relegation places to return to the Champions League last season and its affirmations for European qualification thanks to their placement in the league in 2024/25.
President of Newcastle United, Yasir al-Rumayyan, with the promise of silverware for #NUFC fans….
🗣️ 🇸🇦 “It’s the first… .. and it will not be the last!”#Carabaocupfinal pic.twitter.com/uuovj2othx
– 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘆𝗻𝗲 #NUFC (@ToonMouthTHYNE) March 17, 2025
Sports washing of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has been accused of having invested in sport as a means of “washing sport”, using high -level events such as finals to improve its international reputation.
“The acquisition by Saudi Arabia of large -scale sports companies like Newcastle United or the PGA Tour concerns as much the transmission of sports to the appalling human rights record of the country as to add one or two percent to national GDP,” said Felix Jakens, Amnesty International UK, in September 2023 via GDP ” BBC Sport.
Speaking at the time, the Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who would be a close ally of Al-Rumayyan, said that he did not care about the accusations.
“If sports washing will increase my GDP by 1%, then we will continue to wash sports,” he said Fox News. “I don’t care [about the term].
“I have a 1% growth in sport GDP and I aim at 1.5%.
