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Amanda Staveley drops latest hint as Tottenham links intensify after double visit

Newcastle United co-owner Amanda Staveley acknowledges the crowd after the FA Women's National League Cup match between Newcastle United and Portsmouth at St James' Park on February 25, 2024
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The company through which Amanda Staveley invested in Newcastle United has gone into voluntary liquidation amid continued links with Tottenham Hotspur.

On Monday, a filing with Companies House revealed that Redstart Leisure Limited had filed a special resolution to wind-up the company, with a voluntary liquidator to be appointed.

The move comes just two weeks after the company had changed its name from Cantervale Limited to Redstart, and three weeks on from another one of Staveley’s companies, Apollo Belvedere Services LLP, formerly known as PCP Capital Partners, having also been wound-up. That move came on the back of a legal battle with Greek shipping magnate Victor Restis, who won a court case over a £3.4m sum he was owed from investing in her business ventures.

The liquidation of Redstart Leisure Limited, formerly Cantervale, could hint at Staveley re-positioning her and her husband, Merhdad Ghoudoussi’s business interests as they eye a move to get involved in another football club having left their roles as directors at Newcastle United during the summer. Staveley had been hugely influential in getting the 2021 Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund takeover of the Magpies over the line and had become a hugely prominent figure at the club.

In an interview with The Athletic last month, Staveley said: “Very sadly, we have to move on to other projects and that might involve us taking a stake in another club or buying another club and that’s difficult. But it’s possible.”

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Since her Newcastle exit, Staveley, one of football’s best networkers, has been repeatedly linked with making an investment play into Spurs, with the 51-year-old having previously been reported to be looking at bringing other investors on board.

Staveley, who was present for the 3-1 win over Brentford at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last month, was also present in a VIP box on Sunday as Spurs’ home played host to the NFL London encounter between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Chicago Bears.