If and when Newcastle’s takeover deal goes through, deal broker Amanda Staveley is likely to become one of the most powerful women in global football.
This isn’t her first time venturing into the sport – she is a brilliant dealmaker who has long been an associate of Sheikh Mansour, assisting in his takeover of Manchester City in 2008, the same year as she orchestrated his £3.5billion investment into Barclays Bank, shoring up its finances so it did not need a taxpayer bailout.
But she isn’t the only woman in elite football – here we profile some of the others, in the Premier League and in governance globally.
Karren Brady has been in the spotlight for almost three decades – thanks to her newspaper columns, her appearances alongside Lord
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