Daniel Levy - Former Chairman

[MartyFunkhouser]

Has it been confirmed that Levy sold most of his shares to the crypto bros?

Na

 

[SirPercyHotspur]

Has it been confirmed that Levy sold most of his shares to the crypto bros?

Even if he did which he hasn't what difference would it make, he couldn't hold on to his job holding just under 30% of the shares because he was ousted by the desicion of the majority owners who decided his time was over, the Lewis's would still be in total control even if someone acquires 25% of ENIC shares.

 

[elltrev]

Why stop there? Why not include every club that has spent any money at all? That would skew the answer even further in your favour.

Levy had more than 20 years to close the gap. How many years would you have given him before it became unreasonable to use Arsenal and Liverpool as examples of clubs that started with a significant head start? I'm going to include both because they're examples of clubs that have outperformed us without being financially doped.

Whether Levy did better than most other chairmen over the course of his tenure is beside the point (and, for the record, I don't agree that he did). The reality is that we've been in decline, by and large, for the past seven years. He doesn't get a lifetime pass because he performed well during the early and middle stages of his tenure.

I think we’re talking at cross purposes. My summary of Levy would be:

- In his tenure as a whole, we are the only club to have closed the financial gap with the ‘big 5’
- In his tenure as a whole, we are also the club who’s come closest to closing that gap from a footballing perspective too - Leicester being the only possible other argument
- He deserves a lot of credit for that from Spurs fans
- More recently we’ve gone backwards, especially in the last 1-2 seasons. It’s time for someone new to see if they can build on Levy’s platform, and do what no club has managed to do without a sugar daddy - completely close the footballing gap with the big 5

 

[Muttley]

Has it been confirmed that Levy sold most of his shares to the crypto bros?

Actually, I had to dig deeper as google's new AI model was saying that it was in the Levy family trust and ESC had taken the 24.99% share including a press release. Levy's side has said nothing but the Lewis's seem to be denying it through a second press release.

Doesn't really change my argument above so much though. We had the poorer 30% owner managing the 100% for a long time. Now we have the 70% owner calling the shots and driving the invest to grow strategy. The only bit that is different is when the Lewis's put more in the pot then the Levy trust will have to match a 30% proportion to keep the same share. Otherwise it will reduce down slightly.

Either way, we have a different commercial leader calling the shots. I still don't think the investments we are making now in players would have happened on Levy's watch.