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Amanda Staveley
It’s taken her four years, but dealmaker Amanda Staveley has finally brought the Saudis to Newcastle.
Mark Coles finds out how Amanda Staveley went from a long-jumping Yorkshire schoolgirl to one of the most prominent women in football via horse racing, the Middle East, and a former employee she made dress up in a gorilla suit.
With her extensive Middle Eastern contacts book, Amanda Staveley isn’t afraid of putting her, or other people’s, money where her mouth is.
Although she doesn’t always get what she wants.
Producers: Ben Crighton and Chris Flynn
Last on
Sun 31 Oct 202117:40
BBC Radio 4
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- Sat 30 Oct 202119:00BBC Radio 4
- Sun 31 Oct 202105:45BBC Radio 4
- Sun 31 Oct 202117:40BBC Radio 4
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