Worth a read:

https://www.theguardian.com/football...uk-saudi-envoy

“It’s a competitive world,” he told an interviewer from Arab News. “You see a strong player coming into your market, what do you want to do? You want to create noise. A lot of it is noise, a lot of it is trying to find reasons why [the takeover] couldn’t happen, but it has happened.”

I think he's spot on about a strong player (us) coming into the market and other clubs and their fans not liking it. Surely the takeover has put a spotlight on Saudi Arabia's human rights problems though whereas before very few people were even aware or cared about it?