Lemonade Money
Andy Thompson
You sacked him you clams.
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Daniel Levy - Former Chairman
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Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Heading Qatar's takeover bid
lurker of old
Ronnie Rosenthal
It is a very, very well deserved honour. The new stadium is his personal vision and he had the determination to drive it through.
Lemonade Money
Andy Thompson
Not really sure that's what it's for, although I guess you can argue its created jobs.
Chrissivad
Frederic Kanoute
Another person leaves the club and wins something....
The charity work and community contributions, the club has been hugely active in area beyond the money generated for area (huge number in hundreds of millions) and jobs created.
glasgowspur
Barry Daines
Now, I have always been a supporter of levy.
Yes he made mistakes but I believe he had the best interests of the club at heart and that he worked under constraints put in place by ENIC.
However I do believe he did more good than bad.
Purely as a discussion point, if a buy out either led by levy or a new buyer came in and reinstated levy would we get behind it?
Yes he made mistakes but I believe he had the best interests of the club at heart and that he worked under constraints put in place by ENIC.
However I do believe he did more good than bad.
Purely as a discussion point, if a buy out either led by levy or a new buyer came in and reinstated levy would we get behind it?
glorygloryeze
Dimitar Berbatov
I think ythe 'Levy brand'is too toxic now. He was good for building us up from where we were, but if we're going to have a change it probably need to be a full sweep with no-one senior remaining from the previous regime
DeanoAustin
Cecil Poynton
I'm a Levy supporter but we have to be fair, some of the current situation is the result of decisions he made. I do think that his departure has left a void that's caused further instability but he did sow the seeds of a lot of what we are seeing.
That said, I'd welcome him back with open arms but I don't think the majority of the fanbase would and it would be a PR nightmare for any new owners.
If he was to return with none of the constraints placed on him by Lewis and a target of winning things instead of growing the value of the club then I wouldn't have a problem with it. But realistically nobody is going to reinstate Levy. If they did they are already putting a target on themselves with a large section of the fanbase. It would just take one thing to kick off the Levy out campaigns.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
It's the least worst option out there IMO. Him heading Qatari money. It's the option I trust the most to have some semblance of our interests at its heart.
I think any new ownership or “regime change” would need to have someone in place who can help the club recover its lost identity. I mean for example a former manager/player (or both) at director level.
There's very few ex-players/managers that should be anywhere near running a football club.
You mean specifically Spurs or in general?
In general
So you think ex-managers or players shouldn’t be director of football for instance?
Again, "There's very few ex-players/managers that should be anywhere near running a football club."
glasgowspur
Barry Daines
I think there is two very distinct sides of a football club and that football coaches should not be running the business side business people should not be running the football side.
That's a very tricky balance, few clubs get it correct.
clownfoot
Neil Ruddock
I was critical of Levy but would have loved it to have worked out under him. He played by the financial rules put in place but as we have seen, flouting them meant nothing ultimately. We aren’t part of a multi club system that seem to be springing up everywhere, so with him at the helm we at least held our own identity.
I heard on the Lab podcast (up to each individual listener to believe it) that ENIC had been willing to sell to the Qataris and that Joe Lewis wasn't willing to sell from under Levy as they have a good relationship, and let’s face it Levy had made them a lot of money. When it came to negotiating, Levy had been the blocker, stalling and dragging out discussions to the point the Qataris withdrew. This part sounds familiar and in keeping.
Now I know this is all speculation and it’s based on one persons testimony on a podcast. However, I have a feeling that in the medium term the plan of ENIC is to sell the club, potentially to the Qataris again. Highly doubt they would have Levy as a figurehead if the above is true.
I heard on the Lab podcast (up to each individual listener to believe it) that ENIC had been willing to sell to the Qataris and that Joe Lewis wasn't willing to sell from under Levy as they have a good relationship, and let’s face it Levy had made them a lot of money. When it came to negotiating, Levy had been the blocker, stalling and dragging out discussions to the point the Qataris withdrew. This part sounds familiar and in keeping.
Now I know this is all speculation and it’s based on one persons testimony on a podcast. However, I have a feeling that in the medium term the plan of ENIC is to sell the club, potentially to the Qataris again. Highly doubt they would have Levy as a figurehead if the above is true.