Amanda Staveley's close bond with Chelsea's top brass may help unlock much-needed attacking signings for Newcastle United in the coming weeks. Staveley and Mehrdad Ghoudoussi were spotted with Blues co-owner Behdad Eghbali as they took their place in the directors at Stamford Bridge during the Blues' fiery 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Eghbali is the co-founder of Clearlake Capital, an investment firm who bought 60 per cent of Chelsea in the takeover from Roman Abramovich this summer. It recently emerged that Newcastle 's Saudi ownership also have assets managed by Clearlake. However, Chelsea sources insist there was no Saudi involvement in the purchase of the club and therefore no conflict of interest.
Staveley is also familiar with Chelsea owner Todd Boehly after the pair spoke together at an event hosted by an American economic think-tank in 2019. Boehly is said to have invited the Newcastle co-owner to west London to watch Sunday's derby game.
