Owners and executives of the Premier League clubs seem to have a unanimous view about the sale of Tottenham.
Tottenham have been subject to takeover interest for the past few seasons, but nothing has changed with regard to the ownership.
Daniel Levy’s exit looked to be the first piece of the jigsaw, but there has been no major movement towards anything happening.
Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi have the money ready to buy the club, but a deal is premature, as things stand.
Staveley and Ghodoussi would be the perfect owners at Tottenham…
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Premier League clubs’ owners expect Tottenham sale to go ahead
According to the Independent journalist Miguel Delaney, owners and executives at a lot of top-flight clubs believe that there is too much baggage at Spurs.
They have said privately that a sale is needed to freshen things up at Tottenham, with the side currently in a relegation battle.
The hierarchy have made a number of poor decisions that saw the club finishing 17th last season and currently in 16th place.
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Despite winning the Europa League, the Lilywhites have not managed to build on it and have instead gone backwards.
They now do not know which division they will be playing in next season and who the next manager will be.
Igor Tudor has been appointed on an interim basis, and has done his chances of getting the job permanently no good as he has suffered defeats in his first two games in charge.
Speaking about the Premier League view, Delaney said: “The view among other Premier League owners and executives is that they ultimately need a sale, a refresh, there is just too much ‘baggage’ around Spurs.
“As one senior figure at another club said to me, any club can succeed in spite of the ownership, but the outlook of the ownership still dictates so much.
“It tends to show in elements like you know how fully immersed they are in victory, usually in terms of structure and appointments.”
Should Joe Lewis look for a buyer for Tottenham?
Alan Sugar has spoken about the running of the football club, does he have a point?
Will Tottenham be sold in the near future?
In 2022, Joe Lewis transferred the ownership of the club to the Lewis Family Trust, but thus far has shown no serious inclination towards selling Tottenham.
Levy’s exit saw the trust assume full control of the club, and that has made things easier for a sale if they want it to.
Given the club’s history and regular participation in Europe, sources claim that the valuation could even be £3bn.
Bringing someone to the table with that kind of money, even if it’s in the form of a consortium, is not a straightforward affair.
Once there is an interested party, they can then have talks with the Lewis family and see if an agreement can be reached.
For the next few months, a takeover is highly unlikely.