Amanda Staveley eyes stake in two clubs – and the truth about Everton links ...Middle East

This week Amanda Staveley was announced as director of Ctrl Alt, a financial infrastructure start-up.

It is a first foray into the world of “digital financial assets” for the former Newcastle United co-owner but, to be brutally honest, not nearly as exciting as the sort of deals that have made her one of the most recognisable figures in the intriguing world of football club takeovers.

“Tokenisation of alternative assets” may well end up being a lucrative sphere.

But whatever Staveley’s enthusiasm for her new venture, it does signal an end of her aspiration to get back into the boardrooms of English football.

The i Paper understands that her PCP Capital Partners fund remains keen on “at least” two clubs and, having pulled together two consortiums made up of US private equity funds in the last 12 months, she is monitoring the market for other opportunities.

The first of those is Tottenham Hotspur, where Staveley and a consortium of US-based “big fund money” retain their interest – even if they accept the club, valued in excess of £3.5bn, is not for sale at this time.

Staveley expressed interest in buying the north London club a year ago, but stopped short of making an offer and existing owner Enic said it was not for sale.

It remains “absolutely” committed, with Joe Lewis’ family injecting £120m last week as part of their attempts to shore up control.

“Whatever your aspirations are, things can only move if there’s a willing seller,” a source close to Staveley said.

“At the moment the emphatic message from the Lewis family is that there’s no desire to sell there.”

It is a more complicated picture across the capital at West Ham United, where Staveley’s PCP Capital Partners agreed a deal to buy Vanessa Gold’s 25.1 per cent stake in the club – seemingly with a view to then carving out a majority holding later down the line.

Backed by Chicago-based private equity firm Ashland Forest Capital Partners, Staveley would have paid around £150m for the stake in West Ham, which has a valuation of around £600m.

But the complicated ownership structure means that existing shareholders have “pre-emption rights” which allow them to match any offer made by potential new investors.

Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky and controversial co-owner David Sullivan opted to do that, blocking Staveley’s attempts to join the club’s board.

Far from seeing it as the end of the matter, though, PCP Capital is seemingly undeterred.

“Patience” is the watchword for the fund and it is something Staveley knows all about.

It was four years between the first expression of interest in Newcastle and the £350m takeover by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia in 2021.

That saga took plenty of perseverance and provided a roadmap that could potentially be followed at the London Stadium, where her plan for reinvigorating West Ham and track record at Newcastle helped her to find favour with many supporters.

“What it has done is simplify the whole thing,” a source close to Staveley said.

“Before this episode it was a lot more complicated. But now either through Kretinsky and [minority owner] Albert Tripp-Smith or Sullivan and Tripp-Smith, there is a passage to a majority of 51 per cent or more. So the stakes are potentially much higher the next time there is an offer.

“Pre-emption rights would still be there but it forces the issue. They either all fold in and accept a bid or one or the other [of the existing shareholders] ‘pre-empts’ an offer and has the majority shareholding. But to do that you’d be talking about serious amounts of money.”

Funds do not appear to be a problem for her consortium.

Her statement last week spoke of “other opportunities” being presented and Staveley’s profile and track record means that she is frequently approached by clubs and middle men looking to broker takeovers.

While she doesn’t have the personal wealth to do deals, her ability to tap into “big fund money” and utilise contacts in the Middle East and Gulf states means that she is taken seriously in that sphere.

And while maneouvering around Newcastle, West Ham and Spurs all played out in the public arena, there have been other bids for clubs that have not become public knowledge or only emerged after the event.

Indeed, The i Paper understands that Staveley’s PCP Capital group got down to the last two in a bid to buy Everton in December 2024 when Farhad Moshiri eventually sold to current owners the Friedkin Group (TFG).

The deal was so close that Staveley’s group had made detailed plans for transforming the club’s football operations, but ultimately the patchwork of loans and financial obligations confronting them proved too risky and complex for PCP.

With TFG now willing to listen to offers for Everton, would she return to the fray?

While some in senior positions at the club believe interest remains, that was denied “emphatically” by PCP sources earlier this week.

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They believe that Everton’s owners – or advisors close to them – are engaged in a “fishing exercise” to ascertain what interest there is in buying out TFG, who are seeking fresh investment after pumping in nearly £500m in just under two years.

“Amanda is interested in getting back into football, but it has to be the right opportunity,” a source says.

If previous experience is anything to go by, West Ham fans might be advised to watch this space.

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