Spurs could play hardball and push for a court case with Ineos, Tottenham News understands.
Daniel Levy and the Lilywhites have lodged a High Court claim for £11million against Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s company over a recently ended sponsorship agreement.
Court documents have emerged that Spurs are alleging Ineos missed two contracted payments equalling around £5.5million for the 2025-26 season.
Tottenham could agree new settlement
A source close to Tottenham News with expertise in football finance believes that there are two possible scenarios which may follow.
The most likely of those is said to be an out-of-court settlement, likely lower than £11m.
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However, Spurs could still push hard for a court case, which would leave it in the hands of an independent commission, where they could either win or lose completely.
Thomas Frank needs no distractions
With Thomas Frank preparing to welcome his squad back to Hotspur Way, he will not be getting involved in these matters.
Tottenham are preparing to enter the Champions League once again and have a huge European Super Cup tie against Paris Saint-Germain to look forward to as well.
Everyone knows that Levy is a ruthless businessman and wouldn’t have taken kindly to Ineos and Sir Jim Ratcliffe doing what they did, but that cannot take priority right now.
As deals for Bryan Mbuemo and Eberechi Eze look lost already, Tottenham fans will very quickly start to lose their patience again, which is already low after the sacking of Ange Postecoglou.
After publicly admitting he wants to win the Champions League and Premier League, Levy has to back that up with the necessary spending in the transfer market.
Earning any sort of settlement will be a positive at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but not if it gets in the way of important transfer business.
Frank and Spurs need to move quickly with the big six already spending big; they could fall even further behind before the Premier League kicks off again.