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But it’s quite obvious that funding was reliant on a naming rights partner, otherwise we wouldn’t be closing in on the topping out ceremony without one.I know they wouldn't announce it. But saying that the funding isn't reliant on naming rights and that until a deal had been agreed the name of the stadium will be the Tottenham Hotspur stadium doesn't sound like they are too close.
If they had said we were in advanced negotiations and hopefully a deal should be announced before the stadium was opened. Then that would mean that a deal was almost in place.
I’m sure that Levy has deals on the table, and it’s all a game of chess at the moment. He’s well aware that journalists comb through this meeting looking for their headline points, so everything he says will be deliberate.