According to the co-owner of Newcastle, she doesn't think it's fair that Roman Abramovich decided to sell his company.
Politicians have called for him to be sanctioned because he is alleged to have strong ties to Russian president Putin.
The Financial Times Business of Football Summit had questions about the relationship between the club and Saudi Arabia.
She said that we are always going to have geopolitical issues.
I am really sad that someone is going to have a football club taken away because of a relationship he may have with someone.
I don't think that is fair to be honest. We have to account for all of our relationships.
The Saudi Public Investment Fund is separate from the Saudi state which has been accused of human rights abuses.
The state would not control the club if the takeover was approved.
She said that they should always be held to task. The club is run by us and the PIF.
She admitted in the High Court documents that she borrowed money from the other co-owners of the club to buy it.
She said that they had a great chance to look at every club, but only one club for them.
The challenge of buying a club at 20th position in the league and getting it to the top is something we like.
The subject of a High Court claim by a former owner of a club is the husband and business partner of a woman.
They are confident of defending the claims.
She made comments about looking forward and being slightly frustrated about being unable to take a picture without the signs in view.
Fans were pleased when the signs were removed in December, two months after the takeover.
We have filed a defence. We're big fans of his and Sports Direct, but we want to see something different for Newcastle.
If Sports Direct said they wanted to pay you tens of millions of pounds, we would be happy to speak to Mike. It is about revenue. It is a difficult time.
Mike had run the club well. It was turned into a global club and brand after we arrived. We want to challenge and invest in it.
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