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Think they are yeah. Ray used to come into my bar in East Finchley when I lived there the odd time for a pint. I used to drink in the Alex on Fortis green rd and I always heard their first practice area was a garage next to the bar - think they lived there or one of the band did growing up.
More money for Levy & Lewis...
Tottenham boost confirmed as £120m off-pitch deal struck
Adam Williams
Thu 8 August 2024 18:00, UK
Tottenham’s star is rising internationally. A quick look at the North London club’s commercial income shows that.
Spurs earned £228m from sponsorship, merchandise and events in 2021-22, the last year for which financial data is available.
Only Liverpool and the two Manchester clubs recorded higher commercial income in the same period, and the data suggests that Spurs’ brand is growing the quickest of them all overseas.
A recent study from Men in Blazers found that Spurs account for 15 per cent of US football fans, which is higher than any other English club.
Captain Son Heung-min meanwhile has turned the club into a commercial juggernaut in East Asia, where Spurs have spent pre-season ahead of 2024-25.
The commercial impact of an individual player is often overstated, but it is indisputable in Son‘s case.
Aside from the fact that he is a talented young player, Spurs’ acquisition of Yang Min-hyuk shows the club have one eye on retaining fans in the region in the post-Son era.
However, the latest news from the world of football business indicates that the game’s powerbrokers do not expect interest in Spurs and the Premier League as a whole to dip in East Asia any time soon.
Spurs to benefit from new £51m TV deal
It is hard to quantify exactly how much the East Asian market is worth to Spurs, or indeed any other Premier League club.
The club have signed several commercial deals which are clearly centred on capitalising on the interest in the club in the territory.
But then there are less measurable benefits, such as brand exposure or how much the Spurs buzz in South Korea and beyond has contributed to Premier League’s TV deals in the area.
Recently, it emerged that the Premier League had struck a new broadcast deal worth around £40m over the next three years with Japanese broadcaster U-next.
Other clubs owe Spurs a thank you for a large chunk of the cash they will receive as a result of that deal.
Now, Seoul-based broadcaster Coupang has agreed a deal to take over the TV rights from Eclat in South Korea in a deal worth 66 per cent more than the previous package, per Sport Business.
The last deal was worth a reported £23.56m per season, which would mean the new arrangement is worth £39.84m, or £119.52m over the three-year deal length.
TBR Analysis: The Son Heung-min factor
Son, now 32, is under contract until the end of 2024-25, although Spurs are believed to have the option to extend his deal by a further year.
Spurs are well aware that fandom is more fluid outside Europe, with supporters liable to change their allegiances based on their favourite player’s movements.
It would therefore not be at all surprising to see the attacker return to the club in an ambassadorial role one day after he eventually hangs up his boots.
The Premier League is the only league in the world wherein the value of the overseas rights outstrips its domestic broadcast deals.
That speaks to the phenomenal global interest in clubs like Spurs, which clubs are attempting to monetise further for their own financial gain.
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Hdf have dippers gone under the radar and got zibimendi? The got mac last season for £35M. Yet we have been linked with all sorts of players all summer yet to sign anyone. Something seriously is wrong. Now looks like richi isn’t going and royal deal may be at risk. We have spent so much money on crap players or ones not wanted and recouped f all. Royal, reg, rich, gio, plus the ones already let go like PEH, tanguy, sess, etc. We also have players like Johnson, Solomon, Werner, kulu, skipp, etc that are not good enough. From what I hear we need to let players like Spence to free up a place. Or even bent to get another overseas player. So wdf did we get Werner who takes up a squad place. Those who kept saying it’s only a loan but he still takes up an overseas spot. He does improve our forward line like Neto would but we may need to sell someone else to get him. It’s all fucked up and a mad house.
Such a stupid backward move. Spence is far better athletically than kwp any way.
Well f that so what if we didn’t take the option to buy. We should have just said thanks but no thanks. It beggars belief we got him back on loan just days after Ange said we need to improve our attack.
They should score 30 - 35 goals this season with the way we play. Our strikers scored 28 goals last season and Solanke is supposedly better than the rubbish we supposedly had last season.
That's crazy, almost unbelievable.
Legitimately only Solanke AND Neto can salvage this window. Anything less is criminal negligence.
