Ex-Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley has been linked with a takeover of Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur's majority shareholders ENIC have announced they have pumped in a fresh £100million cash injection into the club.
The move comes amid talk of a possible sale of the club, with former Newcastle United co-owner Amanda Staveley among the interested parties.
But the fresh cash injection signals a long-term commitment from the Lewis family who are believed to be prepared to make more funds available to the club in the future, seemingly putting to bed any talk of a takeover.
A club statement read: "This equity injection will further strengthen the club’s financial position and equip the club’s leadership team with additional resources to continue the focus on driving long-term sporting success.
"This additional capital is part of the Lewis family’s ongoing commitment to the club and its future."
Non-executive chairman Peter Charrington added: "As I stated a few weeks ago, our focus is on stability and empowering the management team to deliver on the club’s ambitions.
"I know the Lewis family are also ambitious for the future. Today’s capital commitment reflects that ambition and I would like to thank them for their ongoing support.
"We will continue to do all we can to ensure that Vinai [Venkatesham, CEO] and his team are supported in the best way possible to take this Club forward.”
Daniel Levy's departure as chairman last month after 25 years in the role sparked interest in the club from elsewhere.
Among those interested parties was Staveley, with the Telegraph reporting that her PCP International Finance consortium failed in a bid to buy the club.
Spurs confirmed in a statement that it had "received, and unequivocally rejected, separate preliminary expressions of interest in relation to proposals to acquire the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of ENIC from (i) PCP International Finance... and (ii) a consortium of investors led by Dr. Roger Kennedy and Wing-Fai Ng through Firehawk Holdings Limited.
"The Board of the Club and ENIC confirm that Tottenham Hotspur is not for sale and ENIC has no intention to accept any such offer to acquire its interest in the Club."
Staveley was recently spotted at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, where she was a VIP guest at the NFL London game between the Cleveland Browns and the Minnesota Vikings.
The 52-year-old left Newcastle in the summer of 2024 after more than two-and-half years as co-owner of the club, with the Saudi Public Investment Fund and the Reuben Family increasing their stakes in Newcastle be acquiring Staveley's shares.
Speaking about her time at Newcastle last month, Staveley said: "Leaving was the hardest thing I have ever done and took a long time to understand and do what is right for the club and PIF is going to be an incredible partner for Newcastle, and the Reubens.
"We left it in very safe hands. There are so many great people with great hearts who put so much into that club and into the community and in to everything about it.
"So for me it was a privilege. Every day I would go to work and think 'God, I am so lucky to do this job'."