In the race to the bottom, Newcastle fans can point to the ownership at other succesful clubs and claim English football lost its soul years ago, so why single us out now.
Like the Abu Dhabu group and Man City, the Saudis were clever enough to target a success-starved fanbase that would be willing to ignore the optics of sports-washing to win trophies. It's harder to dismiss the human rights dimension when you are dealing with the fanbase of a great club like Bayern, who are used to success and wouldn't be as submissive.
There is also a greater disconnect between football clubs and their fanbases in England, than there is in Germany and elsewhere. Or at least that is the case in the Premier League where the whole experience is sanitised beyond belief. With so much TV money rolling around, match-day income isn't seen as important as it is in the lower leagues. Supporters of the bigger clubs are dismissed as 'legacy fans' whose seat in the stand could easily by taken by another willing customer/tourist, who would spend more in the club shops. Once the stadium looks full for the watching millions in Asia and elsewhere, who really cares who fills the seat?
