Bloomberg.com

Tottenham Hotspur said on Sunday its owners turned down two expressions of interest in acquiring the London-based team.

Tottenham, in a statement, said it received and “unequivocally rejected” expressions of interest from a investment fund controlled by former Newcastle United part owner Amanda Staveley and another group led by Roger Kennedy and Wing-Fai Ng.

Tottenham Hotspur said on Sunday the family of billionaire Joe Lewis turned down two suitors that expressed interest in acquiring the London-based football club.

Tottenham said in a statement that the investment company through which the Lewis family controls the club received two expressions of interest: one from the investment fund controlled by former Newcastle United part owner Amanda Staveley , and another from a consortium called Firehawk Holdings Ltd., which is led by Roger Kennedy and Wing-Fai Ng.