Tottenham Hotspur sent shockwaves around the footballing world by making the move that nobody saw coming and that just as few people ever thought would come. Spurs effectively pushed Daniel Levy out of the club merely days after the conclusion of the summer transfer window.
And Spurs were, in hindsight, a lot more active than usual in the summer transfer window. Two major deals collapsed in attacking midfielders Eberechi Eze and Morgan Gibbs-White, but Spurs still made a number of high-profile moves.
Randal Kolo Muani and Joao Palhinha are well-compensated loan signings, while both Xavi Simons and Mohammed Kudus cost Spurs in excess of 50 million pounds and are the kinds of long-term building blocks Spurs can create a dynasty from.
Well, it looks like Tottenham don't see Simons and Kudus as the end, and the Levy exit may be the shedding of the last vestige of the club's past philosophy. According to information from the Telegraph's Matt Law, an ENIC sans Levy is ready to pump 100 million pounds worth of investment into the club with the specific purpose of helping the organization compete at a higher level in footballing terms.
Tottenham are slowly making bigger signings
Tottenham have never made a 100 million pound signing in their history. The club's most expensive transfer is actually Simons at 65 million euros. Funny enough, the top three record transfers were all done in the last two summer windows: Simons, Dominic Solanke, and Kudus in that order. In fact, only 2 of the top 13 signings were made before 2022.
So Tottenham have bene on a trajectory towards bigger and bigger signings, and if Spurs want to mix it up with the likes of PSG, Real Madrid, and even Bayern Munich at the Champions League level and be as big as a London club should be, then they are going to have to put forward enough money on the table to cover elite players from both a transfer and wage perspective.
The 100 million pound injection likely isn't to sign three 30 million pound players, unless if Spurs happen to find three major bargains. It's likely to help Tottenham go after quality over quantity and make the kinds of evenelope-pushing signings that Levy was too averse to make, since it ran counter to his profit-over-all outlook.
But with the Premier League bringing in record cash, Tottenham having the most souped up stadium in the country, and the financial base stable (partially thanks to Levy, let's give some credit here), Tottenham are ready to take risks on the sort of world-class targets they normally shied away from.