Who is Amanda Staveley? The rise of the Gulf state fixer
When Newcastle United is finally signed over to the Saudi Public Investment Fund, one woman stands to benefit more than any other
Words: Joseph Bullmore
The Premier League has a great deal in common with the Middle Eastern princehood. There’s the unimaginable wealth and dubious morality; the rapier ambition and wild pomp; the feverish tension and international intrigue; the cars, the mansions, the circus, the power. But the thing that truly links the two worlds is Amanda Staveley.
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