Manchester United were humbled 3-0 at home by Newcastle United in the League Cup fourth round
"It's the most-watched league in Saudi and the region, and you have a lot of fans of the Premier League," Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal told the BBC.
Everton have rejected a 20 million pound ($36.3 million) bid from Newcastle United for England striker Wayne Rooney, the Premier League club said on Monday.
The decision follows a legal challenge by Manchester City against the league's Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules, which regulate commercial deals between clubs and companies linked to their owners if considered above fair market value.
Chelsea won for the first time in six Premier League matches when they beat relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 at home on Monday.
Newcastle United thrashed Queens Park Rangers 6-0 away to move into second place in the Championship (second tier) on Tuesday with former Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey scoring twice.
West Ham beat Premier League strugglers Leicester City 2-0 at the London Stadium on Thursday thanks to an early strike from Tomas Soucek on his 30th birthday and an own goal just before halftime.
IMAGES from the EPL match played between Arsenal and Newcastle on Monday
Manchester City maintained their pressure on Arsenal with a 2-0 win over Newcastle United in their Premier League match on Saturday.
Newcastle United collected their first away league win of the season on Sunday when goals from Michael Owen, Obafemi Martins and Danny Guthrie earned them a 3-0 victory at Portsmouth.
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League
Turkish midfielder Emre Belozoglu signed for Fenerbahce from Newcastle United on Wednesday in a four-year deal, the club announced at a signing ceremony.
England debutant Myles Lewis-Skelly got new coach Thomas Tuchel's reign up and running as the 18-year-old scored the first goal in a 2-0 home victory against Albania in their World Cup qualifying Group K opener on Friday.
Manager Graeme Souness' dismissal comes following the club's poor run of form this season.
Nuno Espirito Santo's side took the lead after five minutes when a corner fell to Elliot Anderson on the edge of the area and his powerful deflected drive found the net.
Kevin de Bruyne's first-half penalty and a superb strike by Raheem Sterling after the break earned holders Manchester City a comfortable 2-0 away win at Newcastle United in the weekend's last FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday.
'Not in the dressing room. Of course there are a lot of rumours but it is not that we get distracted by it.'
Wolverhampton Wanderers stunned Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 with stoppage-time goals from Pablo Sarabia and Mario Lemina on Saturday, thwarting the visitors in their bid to reclaim top spot in the Premier League table.
Newcastle United completed the signing of Ajax Amsterdam midfielder Vurnon Anita on Thursday with the Dutch international hopeful his new club can end their 43-year trophyless spell.
Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications on Monday said news reports that it was acquiring the English Premier League club Newcastle United for an estimated 260 million pounds were false and baseless.
Newcastle United said Kevin Keegan was still their manager after a day of speculation that he had been sacked after just eight months in the job.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday
Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins left Inter Milan for Newcastle United for a fee of 15 million euros.
IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Sunday.
Watford have confirmed that three people from the club, including one player, have tested positive for COVID-19, while Burnley said their assistant coach Ian Woan was among those to return a positive result after being tested on Sunday.
Manchester City gave Kevin De Bruyne a victory in his final appearance at Etihad Stadium, as Omar Marmoush scored a stunner in a 3-1 Premier League win over Bournemouth on Tuesday that saw them climb to third in the table.
Dimitri Payet struck a brace for the Hammers against a tired Newcastle, whose players had to trudge the last mile to West Ham United's stadium after their team coach became stuck in London's rush-hour traffic before Monday's Premier League fixture.
Manchester City gave renewed hope to the chasing pack in the battle for a Champions League spot as they were held to a battling 1-1 draw at relegation strugglers Newcastle United on Tuesday.
Romelu Lukaku scored for Chelsea in a 5-1 FA Cup third-round victory
Newcastle United fans reacted with fury on Thursday after the club announced it was dropping the 119-year-old name of its ground St James' Park and calling it the Sports Direct Arena instead.
Craig Bellamy scored twice in a 5-0 win in the UEFA Cup first round match.
IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Sunday.
Wolves took the lead a minute later when Rayan Ait-Nouri's cross found Sarabia poorly marked in the middle of the box. The Spain international headed past Grbic to score his third goal in the campaign.
A hat-trick by Paul Scholes was the feature of their 6-2 win in the English premiership.
Fulham striker Hugo Rodallega headed the decisive goal to seal a 2-1 win over Newcastle United in an absorbing Premier League match at Craven Cottage on Monday.
Liverpool took another step towards the Premier League title with a 2-0 win at Manchester City.
Newcastle United finally put manager Steve McClaren out of his misery when they sacked him on Friday after a period of intense speculation surrounding his future.
Chelsea recovered to beat West Ham United 2-1 to jump to fourth place in the English Premier League on Monday.
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