Daniel Levy: you either like him or are suspicious of him.
Daniel Levy has been a marmite figure at Tottenham. Personally, I give him credit for what he has done for our club. Some criticise him for not spending more on players (not competing with the likes of Chelsea, the two Manchester clubs, Liverpool and Arsenal).
To be honest we've been punching above our weight of recent years. I would say we are a top sixth club. Ever since we joined the Premier league (we were regarded as one of the 5 top clubs) we have steadily sunk down in the financial pecking order. If fans remember (or have read about it), in the sixties we were known as the "Bank of England". We could buy anybody. In fact, Jimmy Greaves was bought for £99,999, that was because Bill Nicholson didn't want him to be known as the first £100,000 player (which might have put him under greater pressure). And there were other landmark purchases. But as I said, since joining the Premier league we fell behind.
In the world of Football there are 11 clubs that have greater revenue than Tottenham. In the English league that is United, City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. To have finished 5, 4 and 2 we had to punch above our weight. And a great thanks to Pochettino, our manager, and his partnership with Levy, for that.
So how will things change so that we can either be amongst the elites or above them? For a start, our old White Hart Lane was unsuitable for modern day Premier League football, both in football terms and financial terms. So plans were put into place to build a stadium with a capacity of 61,559. Secondly - and where we are better than some of our competitors (namely Arsenal) is that we own the ground around White Hart Lane. This means whatever is built on that land will give the club greater revenue (Sainsbury's, which is currently there, pays rent to Tottenham). This will give us better clout than Arsenal, and we could either match United, City, Chelsea and Liverpool or take over from their positions.
If supporters could stop and think for a second they will see what vision Daniel Levy has for the club and what he has put into motion. I can see that vision and have been voicing such thoughts long before Levy came on the scene. Irvin Schoolar could also see what was needed and tried to put the same ambitions - as Levy - in place, unfortunately, it went wrong for him and nearly saw the club disappeared into a puff of smoke. Savour came and the rest is history, as they say. Let us back him and his vision. After all, we want the Glory days back, and so does he and the Tottenham board.
On the matter of Daniel Levy, here is an interesting article by one of our former players, Jermaine Jenas (on the BBC website).
Don Scully
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