The government has been told to block the proposed £300million Saudi Arabia-led takeover of Newcastle United due to alleged TV piracy.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruled earlier this week that Saudi Arabia had helped to breach international piracy laws by supporting broadcaster beoutQ.
BeoutQ allegedly illegally broadcasts a number of professional sports, including the Premier League.
Angus MacNeil, who chairs the International Trade Select Committee, has written a letter to trade secretary Liz Truss to put forward his concerns over the takeover.
In the letter, as reported by BBC Sport, MacNeil says: 'As you would have seen, the WTO has made a landmark ruling on the protection of sports rights, which is one of the UK's most valuable and treasured exports.
'In its ruling, the WTO held that the government of Saudi Arabia has, from the beginning, been actively... supporting the 'beoutQ' piracy operation that has stolen the commercial rights of UK sports bodies for three years.'
The Middle East rights to the Premier League belong to Qatar-based beIN Sports, who have paid £400m for the current three-year cycle of rights.
'This is an insult to the UK government, affront to the Premier League, and abuse of UK sport - and should not be tolerated,' wrote MacNeill.
'This is relevant today, right now, because the very entity that has been stealing premium UK sports and entertainment content is attempting to buy a major UK sporting institution - Newcastle United Football Club.'
He added: 'The UK government must now play its part in protecting our creative industry exports by investigating the launch, promotion and operation of the beoutQ service.
'Quite simply, if Saudi Arabia is unwilling to play by the rules of international law, then it should have no role in the future of UK sport.'
Saudi Arabia have denied having any role in helping the beoutQ operation and that there is no connection between the government and alleged piracy.
The proposed deal to buy Newcastle has received 80 per cent of its funding from the Public Investment Fund, whose chairman is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The Premier League are currently assessing whether it should pass the owners and directors test, which involves analysing any alleged involvement in criminality.
The deal has been in the hands of the Premier League's lawyers for two months.
While the government previously stated it would not intervene, foreign secretary Dominic Raab said this week: 'I think it's right that that legal due process [...] is followed and we have this debate about takeovers in this country. I think we should follow the rule of law.'
