Tottenham are not for sale, claims Daniel Levy
Levy denies the sale of the club of North London and the press speculation about it
Tottenham Hotspur are not in talks with any suitors for a possible sale of the club, chairman Daniel Levy has said. Iranian-American billionaire Jam Najafi, chairman of MSP Sports Capital, was reportedly preparing a $3.75 billion takeover bid for the London team, as reported by the media. Tottenham were kicked out of the FA Cup and UEFA Champions League last month, meaning their 15-year trophy drought continues, while Levy has come under fire from some supporters at home games.
“ENIC (Group) owns approximately 87% of the club. We have 30,000 shareholders and most of them are fans who own the shares,” Levy told the Cambridge Union in a wide-ranging interview.
"We have a duty to consider any proposal that someone wants to make. All I would say is that we are not in negotiations with anyone. Neither have we been in the last months and all the things in the newspapers are completely untrue," he stressed.
The north London side, who last won a trophy in 2008 when they lifted the League Cup, are in fifth place with 53 points from 31 games, three points behind fourth-placed Newcastle United which handed him a painful 6-1 defeat that led to the departure of head coach Christian Stellini.
Levy, 61, added that he hoped fans would see him as someone who always acted in Tottenham's best interests:
"I have given a large part of my professional life to the club and I think the club is in a better position than when I arrived," he said.
Manos Staramopoulos
Journalist and Analyst of International Football and Affairs
Chief Editor English Zone of Discoveryfootball.com
Athens (Greece)
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