Several reports in recent years have evaluated Tottenham between £ 3.5 billion and £ 4 billion.
Chelsea was bought in an agreement of up to 4.25 billion pounds from Roman Abramovich in 2022 by a consortium led by US investor Todd Boehly and private private company Clearlake Capital. The purchase price was £ 2.5 billion with a commitment to spend £ 1.75 billion over the next 10 years.
Meanwhile, Ineos da Sir Jim Ratcliffe bought a 25% stake in Manchester United for 1.03 billion pounds in December 2023 in a process that included a rival offer from Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim reported that he was closer to £ 5 billion to 100% of the club.
Despite these great sums, the two clubs – unlike Tottenham – need major investments in their stadiums to unlock greater commercial gain potential.
According to the first source, the period when Tottenham was building his new 1.2 billion pounds stadium between 2017 and 2019, meant Levy was “fully consumed” and the advice “left everyone to do his job.”
Spurs secured Champions League soccer under Mauricio Pochettino for four successive seasons at 2018-19 – and was defeated in the 2019 final by Liverpool.
This source suggested Levy’s approach – namely, “open to conversations, but in their ways” – meant many people with field experience, have left Spurs over the years to the most influential jobs.
Paul Barber was the executive director between 2005-2010 and is now Brighton’s chief executive; Michael Edwards was Spurs chief analyst of 2009-2011 before leaving for Liverpool; FA’s technical director, John McDermott, was the gym’s head of development and Tottenham player by 2020; While EFL Chief Executive Trevor Birch was – very soon – Tottenham’s Football Director of Football Operations, from September 2020 to January 2021.
It can be argued that many of these highly classified executives enjoyed good careers at Tottenham before simply moving on – but the source states that “they left the building very easily.”
Another source of working closely with Levy at Spurs, again speaking anonymously, pointed out that he delivered “a central infrastructure that is probably the best in the world” and suggested that he would give the club “an incredible basis for future success – probably after Daniel’s time.”
They said it took Arsenal from 10 to 15 years to compete again for titles and regularly qualify for Champions League football after rebuilding its infrastructure, with Levy inherited a ruined stadium, former training field and aged squad.
However, the source suggested that Levy has not yet achieved the “correct formula” employing the right coach with the right players at the same time.
