Shockwaves were sent through Tottenham Hotspur Football Club earlier this month when it was announced that Daniel Levy would be leaving the club.
The long-serving chairman came increasingly under fire in the later years of his reign from Tottenham fans, having only delivered two trophies during his nearly 25-year reign as executive chairman.
Levy’s departure from Tottenham was part of a restructuring initiated by the Lewis family, who control ENIC, the company that owns the north London club.
There has been plenty of change in the upper echelons of the club in recent months, with Levy following executive director Donna-Maria Cullen and Scott Munn out of the door.
The Lewis family are now in a powerful position at Tottenham
Respected Tottenham journalist Alasdair Gold has shared his thought process on why the Lewis family have picked this moment to become more hands-on with the club, given how long the club has been under the ENIC ownership.
Gold believes the Lewis family are said to have grown frustrated with matters on the pitch with a lack of success having been evident in N17 up until the Europa League win over Manchester United in May.
He wrote during a Q&A on Football.London: “It depends how you look at it. Technically, the next generations of the Lewis family have only really been in a more powerful position since 2022, when Joe Lewis, now 88, stepped back as a person of control.
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“His children, Vivienne and Charles, now in their 60s, alongside Nick Beucher, who is married to Vivienne’s daughter Joanna, have been growing in influence behind the scenes through their roles at Tavistock, who own ENIC who in turn own Spurs, to the point that now the family have driven these changes which resulted in Daniel Levy’s departure.
“Those close to these later generations of the Lewis family say that they grew frustrated with the lack of success on the pitch and believe that the more modern hierarchy changes they have pushed through after a thorough review will change that.
“For Tottenham supporters, they’ll need to know that this is truly something different and not just the same organisation but with different people. The next few transfer windows should give us an answer.”
It’s time for a change and the Lewis family have to deliver
Tottenham fans have had plenty of false dawns in the past, but this is the moment that the Lewis family must truly deliver.
Our restrictive wage structure is no longer viable if we genuinely have ambitions of not only retaining our top players, but also being in a position to compete with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and the rest of the big six when it comes to top quality signings.
Tottenham fans certainly do not want to wait another thirteen years before we next get our hands on our trophy and we must now show huge ambition in the January window if we are close to the top four and deep into cup competitions.