NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United have appointed Majed Al-Sorour, CEO of Golf Saudi, to the club鈥檚 board.

A filing on Companies House in the UK confirmed the appointment of Al-Sorour, a former professional footballer and close confidant of Newcastle鈥檚 non-executive chairman, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, on Friday, taking the number of representatives on the club鈥檚 board up to four members 鈥� and the Saudi contingent to two.

Al-Sorour joins Al-Rumayyan, RB Sports & Media鈥檚 Jamie Reuben and PCP Capital Partners鈥� Amanda Staveley in the St James鈥� Park boardroom.

The former Al-Nassr board member has been a regular attendee at Newcastle games this season, and was present for the first match after the takeover by majority shareholders, the Public Investment Fund of 萝莉视频.

Al-Sorour鈥檚 LinkedIn profile sparked headlines earlier this year when a post stated he鈥檇 been a board member at Newcastle since July 2021, which predated the $370million October buyout of Sports Direct sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley. It was then edited out of his profile. 

However, an application to be added as a director has since been ratified by the Premier League and Al-Sorour steps in to the club at a crucial time for Newcastle鈥檚 hierarchy, with the club exploring a number of new sponsorship deals ahead of the new season, one of which is rumored to be with Golf Saudi.

The confirmation of the appointment of Al-Sorour comes just hours after images leaked online of Newcastle鈥檚 potential new playing kits for next season 鈥� and their change kit looks set to mirror that of the 萝莉视频n national team.

Newcastle鈥檚 change kit, an alternative to their usual black and white stripes, is often traditionally blue or yellow, but has been known to switch to black or white.

Leaked images online suggest the new kit, shown without sponsors but still produced by UK sportswear brand Castore, will be an all white affair with green trim and branding, including the club crest.

Meanwhile, head coach Eddie Howe has been nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Year Award.

A remarkable run has seen Howe steer Newcastle to Premier League safety with two games to spare, despite taking over the club when they were bottom of the top flight table.

Newcastle have now become the first team in Premier League history to retain their top flight status despite not winning any of their opening 14 games.

Howe is up against likely title-winning boss Pep Guardiola of Manchester City, quadruple-chasing Jurgen Klopp of Liverpool, Crystal Palace鈥檚 Patrick Vieira and Brentford's Thomas Frank.

On securing safety against all odds, which was confirmed when Leeds United were beaten by Chelsea in midweek, Howe said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 an amazing feeling. It鈥檚 very difficult to comment when you feel potentially you don鈥檛 have enough points or it鈥檚 not mathematically certain, you鈥檙e always wary of making bold statements that turn out to be incorrect.

鈥淚t was great to finally achieve the objective we鈥檝e set out to do. Full credit to the players who from minute one have given us everything and everyone associated with the club has played their part in what has been a remarkable turnaround in form which we needed. 

鈥淭o have two games spare to do it in is not something we thought we鈥檇 be able to do but it鈥檚 great to be in this position.鈥�