Premier League clubs agree to toughen owners' rules amid ongoing Man Utd sale

Premier League clubs have agreed to tougher rules around ownership, with the changes coinciding with the ongoing sale of Manchester United.

Clubs unanimously approved a number of changes to the assessment process around ownership, which will come into immediate effect.

However, there was no mention of state ownership in the new rules.

Will this affect the Qatari bid for Man Utd?

Amnesty International has repeatedly criticised Qatar's human rights record - particularly in the build-up to, and following, the 2022 World Cup, which was staged in the Gulf nation.

Amnesty International also called on the Premier League to consider Saudi Arabia's human rights record when the country's Public Investment Fund took a controlling stake in Newcastle United in 2021.

Meanwhile, Manchester City's ownership has also faced scrutiny with the club owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, a member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi and the newly-promoted vice-president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - another nation which has been criticised by Amnesty International for its poor human rights record.

Ziegler tweeted: "From what I can see this would not affect Saudi's Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman, Qatar's or UAE rulers as they are not on the UK government's list of people sanctioned for human rights abuses."