Management Levy / ENIC

[Gatsby]

I want us to finish 17th this season , I don’t want to gain another point . We won’t get relegated and it will always be remembered that Levy oversaw our worst ever finish in the premier league . The guy deserves all the flak he is going to get from now to the end of the season . I will never forgive him for allowing this season to drift when there was something at stake .

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After all of this though, he doesn't care. Missing out on Champions League and top 4 revenue is now replaced with the likes of Beyonce, Chris Brown, rugby events and other concerts.

The wage bill being cut shows that he and ENIC don't care about football achievements and success, he cares only about the stadium bringing in revenue. As long as the club is in the Premier League, we have an Asian poster boy to keep the tourists flocking in (all respect to Sonny, he's a club legend) and the extra curricular events are taking place, Levy and ENIC will keep laughing their way to the bank. Football is now no longer the priority, if it ever was before.

 

[Shotgunofmichalebrow]

Very few transfer fees are more than 100M quid - particularly now with PSR starting to bite. There were NONE in the 24/25 - Just three the season before in 23/24 (Bellingham, Rice and Caceido).

Top transfers

Worldwide top transfers in the season 24/25. The list ist pre-sorted by transfer fee and market value, where the higher value is used for sorting.

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Transfer fees for established players are pretty much what we paid for Johnson or Solanke. Solanke was the 5th most expensive transfer in 24/25 - Stupid! A 26/27 year old No.9 willing to settle for 90K per week in wages - Just Stupid! Solanke knows his level - Otherwise he would have demanded higher wages - Levy doesn't! No other Big 6 club was in for him.

So Levy spends enough on transfer fees - Problem is that he spends it stupidly on punts because he won’t pay top wages. Getting in 5 established players isn't realistic but 200M quid in transfer fees could get us 3 very good established players IF Levy would pay top wages. Although Levy is crying poverty, our FFP room is 201M quid.

Tottenham PSR position explained amid £182m announcement and FFP statement

Spurs published their accounts for the 2023/24 financial year last week

www.football.london

As many here have pointed out, Levy's problem isn't just that he's cheap when it comes to wages - It's also that he overpays/is incompetent/stupid when it comes to transfers. It's a bad combination and one of the primary reasons that we are 15th in the league.

Anyway - a few examples of recent/potential transfer fees:

Osimhen apparently has a release clause of 65-68M quid (75/80M Euro) so pretty much same as Solanke.

Fabrizio Romano reveals Victor Osimhen's release clause as Chelsea ponder strikers

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has been speaking about the release clause of striker Victor Osimhen ahead of a potential move this summer.

chelsea.news

Marmoush was 60M quid (70M Euro)

Omar Marmoush - Man City complete big-money signing of Frankfurt's prolific Egyptian forward

Omar Marmoush has stood out as one of the Bundesliga's brightest stars in the first half of the season for Eintracht Frankfurt, and has this Tuesday been heavily linked with one of the Premier League's top clubs...

www.transfermarkt.com

Kvaratskhelia was also 60M quid (70M Euro)

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia completes €70m transfer to Paris Saint-Germain with Marcus Rashford tipped to replace Georgia star at Napoli | Goal.com United Arab Emirates

Paris Saint-Germain have completed a stunning €70m deal to sign Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from Napoli, who could replace him with Marcus Rashford.

www.goal.com

Brentford reportedly want 50M quid for Mbeumo - same as Johnson

Brentford will accept £50m Bryan Mbeumo offer from Newcastle - sources

Newcastle could sign Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo for £50million during the summer transfer window to strengthen their squad.

www.footballinsider247.com

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Excellent work. Its very obvious. You want to go Backwards you buy Tel, forwards you buy Oshimen. Development players do not replace Kane and Hojbjerg but some very fucking gullible people brought into the "painful rebuild" rubbish on a frankly extraordinary level

 

[Confusius]

The issue is we lack elite quality. Our front line is at best mediocre. Even teams not considered top 4/6 like Newcastle have Isak and Gordon, Brentford have Mbuemo, West Ham can put out Bowen, Kudas and Paqueta as a front 3 like they did against Liverpool.

On paper the only really strong part of the team is the backline when fit, the rest is ok. We need an elite CM and an elite wide forward to replace Son before with a more competent manager we can start looking at the top 4 again but the club won’t pay the wages for that. So for me a really good manager I think will get us 6-7th next season.

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And still we have scored 3rd most goals in the Prem this season?!?

The problem is NOT going forward!

 

[daveyboy88]

With a competent manager we should be in the top half, I agree. I think the squad is farther off than one transfer window from going higher even if we had a motivated board.

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maybe, but weve had this clown for 2 years now, thats caused some serious morale damage, on top of his lack of understanding of the game and setting us up to fail every game, so thats distorted a lot of peoples judgements on the players.

sons done, johnson is not a winger hes a second striker to bring on if games are open and theres space in behind. but the rest of them improve a lot with a competent manager and in a system where they are not set up to fail. still think we need a proper CM in there, gray is a year off maybe. then again, bissouma and bentancur do improve under a proper manager...but id still like a more well rounded footballer in there.

maddison was a different player until he realised what a clown that fat cunt is.

 

[Shadydan]

And still we have scored 3rd most goals in the Prem this season?!?

The problem is NOT going forward!

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We score a load of goals because we disregard defending and throw a load of players forward.

We need serious upgrades to our forward line, starting with our wingers.

 

[Tomo]

And still we have scored 3rd most goals in the Prem this season?!?

The problem is NOT going forward!

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And?

We play a very attacking style of football. We have also conceded quite a lot of goals despite having some really decent defenders on paper.

 

[Teach]

I’ve said before that revenue to wage ratio is one data point, but another key one is agents fees. This shows we are 9th in the PL - so whilst it might appear we pay a lot in fees, we don’t go all in:

What every Premier League club spends on agent fees – and what it says of their transfers

What each Premier League club spent on agent fees over the past three years, how it compares with EFL, and what it means

www.nytimes.com

 

[Tomo]

I’ve said before that revenue to wage ratio is one data point, but another key one is agents fees. This shows we are 9th in the PL - so whilst it might appear we pay a lot in fees, we don’t go all in:

What every Premier League club spends on agent fees – and what it says of their transfers

What each Premier League club spent on agent fees over the past three years, how it compares with EFL, and what it means

www.nytimes.com

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We buy B or C level players and thus are a B or C level team. Ange has us at D level so underperforming but until we look to pay for A level players we won’t be in that class. I mean it’s not complex, you do get exceptions like United who do spend a lot and fuck up but that is due to Horrific scouting.

 

[Brian Fantana]

Can’t even get the fucking Bournemouth manager.

Pathetic owners at every turn.

 

[Archie]

The fact of the matter is, that our 'best' team is pretty decent

Vicario
Porro - Romero - VDV - Udogie
Bentencaur - Maddison
Johnson - Kulu - Son
Richarlison/Solanke

Of this lot, only Porro and Son have remained fit this season. Yet we expect the coach to compete across 4 competitions.

The issue comes with the rest of the squad provided. Either inexperienced or lack quality.

Tel, Odobert, Sarr, Kinsky, Grey, Spence, Bergvall, Dragusin - lack experience at top level and need to develop. Fine if you are surrounded by experienced players - but they aren't, they are thrown in together.
Werner, Reguillon, Bissouma, Davies - Not at the required level

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The issue is the manager failing to adapt to the injury situation that he has had a hand in with his one system. He refuses to play differently and use a more conservative tactic when Kids have been thrown in to do a job or players like Kulu have been asked to play every game at 100 miles an hour. This had caused a ridiculous amount of muscle injuries. Ange has only himself to blame with the current situation.

 

[Confusius]

And?

We play a very attacking style of football. We have also conceded quite a lot of goals despite having some really decent defenders on paper.

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On paper?

Both Porro and Udogie are awful defenders.

And the jury is still out on Porro.

 

[spursmalc]

I want us to finish 17th this season , I don’t want to gain another point . We won’t get relegated and it will always be remembered that Levy oversaw our worst ever finish in the premier league . The guy deserves all the flak he is going to get from now to the end of the season . I will never forgive him for allowing this season to drift when there was something at stake .

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I want us to win the Europa and pick up points in the league. I think the demise has gone too far and Ange will go anyway but it would give us more hope for next season rather than wallowing all summer in misery.
In reality it will be probably something in between.

 

[_mehstg]

After all of this though, he doesn't care. Missing out on Champions League and top 4 revenue is now replaced with the likes of Beyonce, Chris Brown, rugby events and other concerts.

The wage bill being cut shows that he and ENIC don't care about football achievements and success, he cares only about the stadium bringing in revenue. As long as the club is in the Premier League, we have an Asian poster boy to keep the tourists flocking in (all respect to Sonny, he's a club legend) and the extra curricular events are taking place, Levy and ENIC will keep laughing their way to the bank. Football is now no longer the priority, if it ever was before.

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So much right with this post but I have to take issue with Sonny being a club legend... yes, he's played a lot of games, scored some superb goals and maybe if he left 2/3 seasons ago he would probably cement club legend status but right now he is damaging this game after game... Take Gary Mabbutt, played well past his best years in a pretty poor team but still was the beating heart of the club and always gave 100%. That's a club legend mate... not a bloke who hasn't impacted a game in 2 seasons and cry's when we lose.

 

[Herclueless]

My boy has pretty much lost interest in football thanks to the mess at Spurs . He used to get frustrated but he couldn’t really care less these days . Still at least he’s turned his interest to playing the guitar which pleases me

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Dad???

 

[Herclueless]

Excellent work. Its very obvious. You want to go Backwards you buy Tel, forwards you buy Oshimen. Development players do not replace Kane and Hojbjerg but some very fucking gullible people brought into the "painful rebuild" rubbish on a frankly extraordinary level

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It seems a lot of people misinterpreted that entirely.

It meant that we would have to part ways with some popular players who had been around during a very good few years and freshen things up/improve with replacements, not that we would have to become diabolically shit for a period of time before we could be good again.

 

[kcspurs]

The fact of the matter is, that our 'best' team is pretty decent

Vicario
Porro - Romero - VDV - Udogie
Bentencaur - Maddison
Johnson - Kulu - Son
Richarlison/Solanke

Of this lot, only Porro and Son have remained fit this season. Yet we expect the coach to compete across 4 competitions.

The issue comes with the rest of the squad provided. Either inexperienced or lack quality.

Tel, Odobert, Sarr, Kinsky, Grey, Spence, Bergvall, Dragusin - lack experience at top level and need to develop. Fine if you are surrounded by experienced players - but they aren't, they are thrown in together.
Werner, Reguillon, Bissouma, Davies - Not at the required level

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Everyone healthy at the start and the end of the season and Ange’s results are shit wire to wire. Doesn’t matter who plays.

 

[PatagoniaPhil]

The club is in a state of despair. Where does he go from here?

Who would want to be his manager? Who would want to risk their career playing for this club other than second rate cheapos?

 

[_mehstg]

The fact of the matter is, that our 'best' team is pretty decent

Vicario
Porro - Romero - VDV - Udogie
Bentencaur - Maddison
Johnson - Kulu - Son
Richarlison/Solanke

Of this lot, only Porro and Son have remained fit this season. Yet we expect the coach to compete across 4 competitions.

The issue comes with the rest of the squad provided. Either inexperienced or lack quality.

Tel, Odobert, Sarr, Kinsky, Grey, Spence, Bergvall, Dragusin - lack experience at top level and need to develop. Fine if you are surrounded by experienced players - but they aren't, they are thrown in together.
Werner, Reguillon, Bissouma, Davies - Not at the required level

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Come on Harry... did you see Vicario vs Wolves or vs anyone - he's a hopeless flapper who makes the odd good save and basically if I was defending in front of him I would be constantly on edge. Neither Porro or Udogie can defend and I would actually have Spence in front of both these. Romero is so overrated - as I saw someone else describe him "all sizzle no steak"... You've got Johnson in this team - take the goals away (which I accept are important) and there is nothing left... and as for Son... a corner flag stuck just inside our half would have been more impactful this season... Kulu is a very good player. I'd love to see him in the Madders role but Richarlison or Solanke would not get in any of the other big six teams.

 

[PatagoniaPhil]

The fact of the matter is, that our 'best' team is pretty decent

Vicario
Porro - Romero - VDV - Udogie
Bentencaur - Maddison
Johnson - Kulu - Son
Richarlison/Solanke

Of this lot, only Porro and Son have remained fit this season. Yet we expect the coach to compete across 4 competitions.

The issue comes with the rest of the squad provided. Either inexperienced or lack quality.

Tel, Odobert, Sarr, Kinsky, Grey, Spence, Bergvall, Dragusin - lack experience at top level and need to develop. Fine if you are surrounded by experienced players - but they aren't, they are thrown in together.
Werner, Reguillon, Bissouma, Davies - Not at the required level

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Is it?

Richarlison and Solanke are not CL quality strikers. Son in washed. Kulu is decent, Johnson scores but is a bit meh.

Bentencur is washed after his injury, Maddison also hasnt looked the same after his.

So that leaves the defence and goal keeper.

Its a team that lacks real quality in alot of positions. Namely the front 6.

 

[kcspurs]

The club is in a state of despair. Where does he go from here?

Who would want to be his manager? Who would want to risk their career playing for this club other than second rate cheapos?

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The only manager we’re likely to get under Levy is the has-been or the never-was. No one who thinks they’ll get another chance at a big job ought to spend their chance here, betting that they can succeed in spite of Daniel Levy where all others have failed.