The Lewis family have a 'broad agreement' in place worth £3bn to sell Tottenham Hotspur to Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi, but a deal has stalled, according to TEAMtalk.
After ousting chief executive Daniel Levy from the club last year, Spurs have been the target for a number of billionaire investors looking to buy the club from the Lewis Family Trust, who are the majority owners of the north London side.
Any takeover has publicly been denied by ENIC, with the message being that Tottenham are not for sale, and that they intend to invest heavily to help the club reach it's full potential in the coming years. But it seems that there may be more to the story than meets the eye.
Lewis Family Have £3bn Agreement to Sell Tottenham
Staveley and Ghodoussi were part of the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United back in 2021, but the husband and wife pairing left St James' Park in 2024 in search of new opportunities.
That has led them to put their eyes on Tottenham, and it's understood that the businessman has the £3bn+ funding in place to complete a deal to buy the struggling Premier League side.
The report states that the two parties have a 'broad agreement on terms having been discussed', however, in a fresh twist, the Lewis family are now having second thoughts about relinquishing their stake in the club they have controlled since 2001.
This had led to the deal stalling, which has left Staveley's company, PCP Capital Partners, waiting for a positive response before moving forward with the takeover.
The money is in place and they are ready to proceed, but they don't want to wait indefinitely for an answer, and it has emerged that they are prepared to walk away and look for other opportunities if this hesitation goes on for too long, despite Tottenham being their priority option.
What Would Takeover Mean for Spurs?
Spurs have grown to be one of the biggest clubs in Europe because of their off-field successes, including their state-of-the-art stadium. But they need more on-pitch success to follow that, and fans have been desperate for change for a long time.
ENIC have been clear publicly that they want to help facilitate that growth, but a takeover could see that accelerated.
GIVEMESPORT asked ChatGPT what a takeover could mean for Spurs in the next five years, and this was its response: