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The other clubs Amanda Staveley could take over after she finally addresses Tottenham link
Amanda Staveley is best known as the public face of the Newcastle United takeover in 2021. Previously, she brokered the sale of Man City to Sheikh Mansour. Now, she might have Tottenham in her sights.
Staveley has been linked with Tottenham since June, wh📖en reports suggested she had put together a consortium backed by £500m worth o𒁃f capital for a new football investment project.
Since her shock departure from Newcastle earlier this year, Staveley has sꦿaid several times that she is eager to get back into the game that she loves in a hands-on role.
The 51-year-old football finance dealmaker, whose book of contacts in the Middle East in particular is peerless, capt🌃ured hearts and minds at St James’ Park, where she symbolised the start of a new era.
For Tottenham fans who feel disenfranchised by the ownership of Daniel Levy and ENIC, her interest in the club is an evocative p♋rospect.
Despite Ange Postecoglouဣ’s side’s 5-0 win over Southampton on Sunday, which proved tℱo be Russel Martin’s last game as Saints manager, many supporters are anxious about Spurs’ trajectory on the pitch.
Tottenham’s 16-year t🍰rophy drought is obviously we🎀ll documented, but the commercial orientation of the club has caused some to question the owners’ priorities.
The response from Levy, who was recently accuse🅰d by Cristian Romero of underinvestment, has always maintained that ܫbetter commercial revenue will lead to an enhanced recruitment and retention budget.
There is merit to that argument, especially when the Premier League are lo𝓡cked in a commercial arms race that ha༒s seen sponsorship, merchandise and events revenue skyrocket in the last decade.
But Spurs have comfortably the lowest amortisation and wages-to-turnov𒈔er ratio in the Premier League and, if the owners were willing to finance it, ample headroom under PSR to spend more.
In a message accompanying Spurs’ accounts in April, Levy announced that they had commissioned the Rothsch꧑ild bank t🤪o seek fresh capital investment, soꦡme of which would be diverted to the playing budget.
However, as Liverpool University football finance lecturer and industry insider Kieran Maguire told TBR Football earlier this year, it’s likely that at least some of the investment funds would be🐎 pocketed by ENIC.
Since then, concrete updates on Staveley’s interest in Spurs have been few and far between💧.
That isn’t unusual, of course. If talks are ongoing, it is likely that non-disclosure agreements will be in place. But the vacuum of information has caused much hand-wringing in🍷 N17 all the same.
When Staveley was listed among the speakers at a high-profile sports business ♒conference this w🐻eek therefore, it was hoped that more details might be in the offing.
And while the PCP ✱Capital Partners supremo did not exactly distance herself from Spurs, she did make some remarks that suggest they aren’t the only club on her radar.
Amanda Staveley says she is considering multiple football investments
If Staveley was to buy into Spurs, it would almost certainly be on a minori🃏ty basis. That wouldn’t come cheap, as Daniel Levy values the club at almost £4bn.
Where there would b♓e space to her 🔯in Spurs corporate structure isn’t entirely clear.
If she was to look at a club outside the Premier League, where enterprise valuations are sky-high, she would have a better chance of o🌜btaining a controlling influence.
Previously, it has been said that Staveley is also considering AS Monaco, whose owneꦇr Dmitry Rybolovlev has 🍎put the club up for sale.
And at Bloomberg’s Women, Money & Power event, Staveley confirm♛ed that multiple “investment operations” are being considered.
As quoted by , she was asked directly about her overtures tow▨ards in Spurs.
“First of all, I think all we can do is thank the amazing Newcastle community and the founders for all the support that we had and and continue to get,” Staveley said.
“It’s so hard to move on from a club that’s amazing. We could never move on from Newcastle and we never will. But yes, we’re looking at a number of investment operations.
“We can’t say too much at the moment because of you know, rules around it. But we will be able to talk about it, hopefully in the not too distant future.”
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Real Madrid, Crystal Palace, Monaco: The clubs on the market as Staveley explores Spurs investment
The world of football business never sleeps and there are ump🐈teen clubs for s🍒ale at any one time.
In the Premier League, John Textor is trying to offloaꦿd his 45 per cent stake in Crystal Palace.
He i𓂃s the single largest s🍎hareholder at Selhurst Park but does not have operational control and has grown frustrated about not being able to steer the club in the direction he wants.
However, whether would be a🤡n attractive option for Staveley given that she wants a boots-on-the-grꦗound role is up for debate.
Interestingly, Textor is also considering selling a stake in his Eagle Football grou꧒p, which also owns Ligue 1 side Lyon and recently-crowned Copa Libertadores champions Botafogo.
In the Premier League, West Ham are seeking a buyer for a chunk of the shares owned by Vanessa Gold, daughter of the late David Gold. Brentford and Wolves are also looking🌜 for a minority ⛄partner.
Elsewhere, the stable of club൲s that was owned by 777 Partner🎃s is up for sale.
The Miami-based investment firm have gone into liquidation,🔜 meaning stakes in Standard Lieg💛e, Red Star, Sevilla and Vasco da Gama are for sale.
Perhaps most tantalisingly, Real Madrid𓄧 president Florentino Perez has signalled that the club could take on private investment for the first time in its histಞory.