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[HayDen Traces]

I'd be delighted with this news if I was a Spurs fan. Feel like he's held them back in some ways, looking at their revenue they should be competing more than they do

[healthyaddiction]

Tomorrow's headlines:

David Hopkinson has vowed to never work for Newcastle United again in an attempt to force a move to Tottenham Hotspur.

[Jaqen]

Feel like he did a great job at everything but the football side of things. Which is a massive drawback to be fair  But he's left the club with a a really good  foundation. 

[gbandit]

How do you just step down though? He can step down from the role but doesn’t he have a major stake in them? And he’s retaining that or being bought out? If he’s being bought out then it can only be from the majority owner?

[El Prontonise]

1 minute ago, gbandit said:

How do you just step down though? He can step down from the role but doesn’t he have a major stake in them? And he’s retaining that or being bought out? If he’s being bought out then it can only be from the majority owner?

It's not mandatory to be chairman and own a stake in the club.

 

He's probably just moving onto other things after a long time in the role.

 

 

Edited September 4, 2025 by El Prontonise

[gbandit]

Just now, El Prontonise said:

It's not mandatory to be chairman and own a stake in the club.

But doesn’t he have a stake all the same? I thought he did and by the sounds of his statement he’s completely stepping away?

[El Prontonise]

Just now, gbandit said:

But doesn’t he have a stake all the same? I thought he did and by the sounds of his statement he’s completely stepping away?

 

He does, it depends how big the stake is which I don't know off top of my head.

 

Anything above 25% then if someone bought it might have to launch a takeover of the club.

 

 

Edited September 4, 2025 by El Prontonise

[leffe186]

1 minute ago, Jaqen said:

Feel like he did a great job at everything but the football side of things. Which is a massive drawback to be fair  But he's left the club with a a really good  foundation. 

I mean he did a pretty good job at the football side of things - we were seriously good under Poch with significantly lower wage bills than the big guns. We had to work under restrictions to get the new ground built, and it’s really a couple of glaring missed opportunities in transfer windows that poisoned the well. 
 

Good time to leave tbh. We owe him a great deal, but it also seems like his constant involvement in almost everything was a little too much in the end. It was just extraordinarily bad luck that we didn’t win anything under Poch, but the Europa Cup feels like a nice bookend. Again.

[Ketsbaia]

Feels like bad news for us.

[Joe1984]

12 minutes ago, healthyaddiction said:

Tomorrow's headlines:

David Hopkinson has vowed to never work for Newcastle United again in an attempt to force a move to Tottenham Hotspur.

PiF selling Newcastle United in shock move to buy Tottenham Hotspur.

[Hovagod]

Just now, Ketsbaia said:

Feels like bad news for us.

Fucking hell, mate

[The College Dropout]

Did he do something?

 

he was Spurs.  
 

For about 10 years he was one of the best bosses in the English game. Maybe even 15.   For the last 5 years at least he’s lost his way on the football front. 

[leffe186]

4 minutes ago, gbandit said:

But doesn’t he have a stake all the same? I thought he did and by the sounds of his statement he’s completely stepping away?

ENIC own 85% or so, and Levy owns 30% of that 85%. Something like that. No idea what that means going forward. The rumour was that Qatar were interested but put off by Levy wanting to stay as Chairman or CEO or whatever, but Stifler told me Qatar weren’t interested at all so it must be something else.

[TK-421]

1 minute ago, Ketsbaia said:

Feels like bad news for us.

[The College Dropout]

Just now, Ketsbaia said:

Feels like bad news for us.

The owners will remain the same though no? He’s not sold his shares right?

 

Money will still be in their MO.  A new chairman might be better on the football front though.  But we’ll see - maybe they try the Liverpool/Arsenal route. They don’t have the brand recognition/legacy for that though. 

[enthusiast]

12 minutes ago, leffe186 said:

I mean he did a pretty good job at the football side of things - we were seriously good under Poch with significantly lower wage bills than the big guns. We had to work under restrictions to get the new ground built, and it’s really a couple of glaring missed opportunities in transfer windows that poisoned the well. 
 

Good time to leave tbh. We owe him a great deal, but it also seems like his constant involvement in almost everything was a little too much in the end. It was just extraordinarily bad luck that we didn’t win anything under Poch, but the Europa Cup feels like a nice bookend. Again.

 

i appreciate the inside perspective/balanced opinion because my first thought on hearing was a. the bloke has given spurs their longest period of (relative) stability and (relative) success possibly in their entire existence, certainly in the lifetime of most of their fans, and b. i guessed that the (presumably thick as fuck) internet fans would be throwing street parties at the news (and was correct in my guess)

 

 

Edited September 4, 2025 by enthusiast

[TK-421]

This spurs fan on SSN was just comparing Spurs under Levy to us under Ashley. 

[leffe186]

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

The owners will remain the same though no? He’s not sold his shares right?

 

Money will still be in their MO.  A new chairman might be better on the football front though.  But we’ll see - maybe they try the Liverpool/Arsenal route. They don’t have the brand recognition/legacy for that though. 

What is the Liverpool/Arsenal route?

[Kid Icarus]

5 minutes ago, Ketsbaia said:

Feels like bad news for us.

 

...please, go on.

[leffe186]

Just now, enthusiast said:

 

i appreciate the balanced opinion because my first thought on hearing was a. the bloke has given spurs their longest period of (relative) stability and (relative) success possibly in their entire existence, certainly in the lifetime of most of their fans, and b. i guessed that the (presumably thick as fuck) internet fans will be throwing street parties at the news (and was correct in my guess)

Yeah it’s what you’d expect - there’s a vocal minority who have been Levy Out from day one, a fairly vocal minority who’ve defended him throughout (BSODL, can you guess what that stands for?) and then probably a lot of people who recognize the good and the bad. Like many things, it ebbs and flows depending upon what’s happening IRL. He’s done a unique job I think, but it’s been trending back towards Levy Out since Poch left, unsurprisingly.

 

It definitely feels like there have been a lot of people turning against him over the last couple of years, for both justifiable and unjustifiable reasons I think. Eze and MGW aside, it’s ended up being a very good transfer window yet the same old accusations of opportunism, brinkmanship and unnecessarily tough negotiations seem completely fair. It’s fascinating and a bit scary to see what’s next, but being charitable I do genuinely suspect he might have been biding his time until we were in a genuinely good position. He’s always been a fan, after all, and that means something,

[TK-421]

Glorified Lee Charnley, really.

[leffe186]

1 minute ago, TK-421 said:

Glorified Lee Charnley, really.

I will say, if there’s one adjective you would apply to Levy it wouldn’t be glorified.

[timeEd32]

This feels like an extremely big deal with a very wide range of future outcomes for Spurs (and also the PL given his influence).

[Stifler]

18 minutes ago, Joe1984 said:

PiF selling Newcastle United in shock move to buy Tottenham Hotspur.

Aye, I’m waiting for that talk, whilst they totally neglect the fact that it took 17 months and a CAT case against the Premier League to get it approved.

[The College Dropout]

Just now, leffe186 said:

What is the Liverpool/Arsenal route?

It’s much more Liverpool than Arsenal tbf. Aim to maximise brand value and growth by winning/competing at the highest level. That’s how they make money/succeed. 
 

There’s like 8 aristocratic clubs in Europe, less that are in a league that can generate masses of revenue. Barca, Real, Juve, Bayern, Man U, Liverpool. You can argue Arsenal and the Milan clubs too - Arsenal not the European heritage but they are the 3rd biggest club in England the strongest league.  
 

Under FSG Liverpool have reestablished themselves as an A1 elite club.  On and off the pitch. Arsenal are trying similar. 
 

The owners are looking to make money through growing the value of the club and brand. 
 

Spurs don’t have the natural potential as either. But Levy was content to do the CL money train thing, commercial revenue, stadium revenue etc.  Winning or seriously competing wasn’t the aim. He just saw it as a risky expense. FSG plans involve Liverpool being competitive, it’s key to growing the value of their investment.  Which is why they’ve allowed themselves to have what the second or third highest wage bill in the PL? No longer sell their best players.