It's nuts innit. He's arguably lost Madison to an injury because there wasn't enough cover. He's paid 165k/w, so thats 165 * 3 = £495k at least wasted by trying to save money by acting late. It's doesn't make any sense.
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It's nuts innit. He's arguably lost Madison to an injury because there wasn't enough cover. He's paid 165k/w, so thats 165 * 3 = £495k at least wasted by trying to save money by acting late. It's doesn't make any sense.
Pre kick off Sunday. Loads of noise from a huge group singing for Ange. Made zero sense to me how such a piss poor manager has such intense backing. Same as Levy backers. They get what they deserve while the rest of us get dragged under by them.
Not true.
Daniel has the answers within the club, he is just working out the finer details of the bonus structure.
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Daniel Levy may have made private appointment behind the scenes as £250m Tottenham mystery deepens
Done deal. ✅
Daniel Levy may have made private appointment behind the scenes as £250m Tottenham mystery deepens
Adam Williams
Tue 28 January 2025 21:30, UK
With Tottenham in freefall under Ange Postecoglou, the blame game is in full swing in N17. Is it a rotten football culture and fixation on all things commercial, or simply a biblical injury list?
In truth, the current soap opera at Spurs is probably a combination of all of the above coupled with umpteen other structural issues.
It’s hard to argue that the manager isn’t culpable for several of them, but it is Levy’s blood that fans are baying for – and with one trophy in the 21st century, who can argue with them?
Tottenham are without a win in their last seven Premier League matches.
Granted, that run was punctuated with a 1-0 League Cup semi-final first-leg win over all-conquering Liverpool, giving them a half-decent chance of a first trophy since 2008.
But although the last decade or so has been characterised by a belief that silverware of any description would change things at Spurs, the malaise in this corner of North London is now well beyond a quick fix.
Winning English football’s least prestigious ‘major’ honour probably wouldn’t stifle the calls for Levy to step aside as chairman.
Similarly, it probably won’t be a determining factor in whether Ange Postecoglou keeps his job as far as ENIC are concerned given the paltry prize money and prestige on offer from the League Cup.
For context, the difference between finishing in 15th (Tottenham’s current league position) and 14th in the Premier League is worth around 20 times more than the payout for winning the League Cup.
And if there is one thing that moves ENIC and Levy, it is money.
The owners have never taken a penny out of the club via equity, although Levy has been paid over £50m in his role as chairman since he took the position – initially on an interim basis – in 2000.
Having engineered the move to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, made the Spurs the most profitable club in Premier League history, and hiked revenue by over 1,000 per cent, Levy would argue he’s good value.
And while Tottenham fans – who measure success against wholly different criteria – would disagree in the most extreme terms, the 62-year-old has proved his business acumen once again in recent weeks.
Tottenham smash £250m barrier
Deloitte recently released their annual Football Money League, which ranks clubs according to official data based on various financial metrics.In terms of revenue, Tottenham fell from 8th to 9th place, with their absence from the Champions League seeing turnover fall from £550m to around £515m.
However, commercial income has risen from £218m to approximately £250m.
And given that Spurs have struck nine new sponsorship deals since the start of the season, fans can expect to see that figure rise again when their 2024-25 figures are released.
In details that don’t make good reading for supporters desperate for more investment, Spurs also had the lowest wages-to-turnover ratio of any club in the Money League.
We can also confidently say that, although not every club’s accounts are out yet, that will translate to the lowest wages-to-turnover ratio in the Premier League for 2023-24.
Levy and ENIC would argue that their business model is sound and that they are simply spending within their means.
The more cynically minded among us, however, would contest that they have simply found that spending enough to compete four the top six places in the Premier League delivers the best income-expenses ratio.
In any case, it is not working this season, and no amount of commercial income will offset the ignominy that a bottom-half finish in the Premier League – or worse – would cause.
The Todd Kline mystery: Where is Tottenham’s CEO?
Although Spurs fans are sick of hearing about their commercial department, they may well be wondering who is steering the ship at present.It has been almost 12 months since Tottenham announced that chief commercial officer Todd Kline would be exiting the club in a prosaic statement that suggested he may have left under a cloud.
Soon after, it emerged that Kline had defected to Chelsea.
Spurs are yet to announce his successor, although an unnamed official under the banner of ‘chief commercial officer’ did attend a leading sports business conference late last year.
Whoever it is, they could have a big hand in the future of the club as they will likely be given a seat on the board, according to football finance expert Kieran Maguire.
Speaking exclusively to TBR Football, Maguire said: “Commercial revenue is one area where clubs have an element of control.
“Therefore, having someone with experience in the role and can communicate at ‘C’ level is essentially
“I would imagine the commercial director will have a board position because the decisions they make are significant financially in the long term.”
Levy and ENIC have made a lot of errors but how they've treated Postecoglou isn't one of them.
He is the most backed Spurs manager in history. Over 400m spent in less than two seasons for 5th and 15th*
He has spoken after both his summer windows about liking a smaller squad to work with. Shock horror he has no players to choose from now that injuries have hit. A problem of his own making.
He is the most backed Spurs manager in history. Over 400m spent in less than two seasons for 5th and 15th*
He has spoken after both his summer windows about liking a smaller squad to work with. Shock horror he has no players to choose from now that injuries have hit. A problem of his own making.
If he was just pragmatic and had integrated Spence and Reggie in the squad, and had commited to developing Lankshear, and maintaining all their form, I assure you we would be vastly better off in both the table and our other comps this year, and with several less injuries right now to boot.
Thats ideal then, cos levy likes a small squad too.
Ange should have been shown the door the moment he persisted in signing Johnson and Werner.
I can forgive Werner. Tries hard and was a low cost loan/option but 50m for Johnson is embarrassing business. Close to being as bad as Nicolas Pepe in terms of how bad the deal is.
I raise you Ndombelly, Sessegnon, Lo Celso, Richarlison
Let's face it. Werner was a prudent signing of an experienced player who could help with the early Europa League fixtures. Son & Odobert were the primary players out on the left, with Richarlison also able to play there.
Johnson hasn't been as bad as some people make out. Cost 50m, but only on 70k a week (Levy economics).
Selling Kane is one thing, he wanted out, not replacing him and leaving Ange with the injury prone Richarlison for 12 months is not backing your manager . Leaving Ange with Forster for 18 months as number 2 is not backing your manager. Buying 18 year olds only , other than the 12 months to late Solanke is not backing your manager . What it is , is only partly trying to rectify the originally terrible cheapskate decisions that unravelled and continue to unravel . Whenever he spends significantly it’s reparation not preparation .
I have moved to Ange out , but Levy has not and will not change in my view . He will always betray the manager it’s who he is MATE , as Ange might say
I have moved to Ange out , but Levy has not and will not change in my view . He will always betray the manager it’s who he is MATE , as Ange might say
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I'm on your side of this argument, but it's Ange who offered Forster a new contract last summer. Working within an unnecessarily constrained budget, of course, but it was still a very strange decision for a player obviously ill-suited to Ange's football.
Kane was irreplaceable. Best striker in the World. No top strikers would consider joining Spurs, especially in a market where United, Chelsea, Woolwich, City, PSG are shopping for strikers. We were always left with slim pickings of journeymen.
However, with Ange's system we have turned into the 2nd best goal scorers in the league; with goals coming from the entire squad - not just Son/Kane.
BUT, our defense is a shambles; which has a lot to do with missing our 2 center backs - but also not having a reliable midfield; with Sarr, Bissouma, Bentancur all underperforming.
We need to give Ange what he needs. a Proper world class DM to boss games. Prime Kante; and we become title contenders.
That's fair enough, appreciate your POV
How do you feel about it?
Mostly on a bunch of teenagers barely out of high school while simultaneously butchering the wage bill to a record busting 40% of turnover.
As someone else brilliantly said, when our manager, whoever that is, is being sent in to every competition against every single team with a lower share of the club's resources on the pitch than the opposition then it's only a matter of time before he becomes the next scapegoat.
This January has been an utter disgrace. Levy is an utter disgrace.
The most backed manager is Spurs' history doesn't lose the best striker in Spurs' history in the process of being 'backed'
Context needed.