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Amanda Staveley
It鈥檚 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鈥檛 afraid of putting her, or other people鈥檚, money where her mouth is.
Although she doesn鈥檛 always get what she wants.
Producers: Ben Crighton and Chris Flynn
Last on
Sun 31 Oct 2021
17:40
大象传媒 Radio 4
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