FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Pre Season Friendly - Hibernian v Newcastle United - Easter Road, Edinburgh, Britain - July 30, 2019 Newcastle United manager Steve Bruce Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine
(Reuters) -Steve Bruce has left his position as Newcastle United manager by mutual consent, the Premier League team said in a statement on Wednesday, two weeks after they were taken over by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium.
Bruce had appeared to be on borrowed time after the Premier League announced earlier this month that Newcastle had been sold to a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF).
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