- Jan 31, 2013
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It's possible to hold 2 seemingly contradictory ideas about Daniel Levy.
First, that in the past he's been an outstanding Chairman for Spurs. He's taken the club from being a mediocre mid-table team with no training ground and a clapped-out (albeit much loved ground) to being one of the leading clubs in Europe with an exceptional training ground, the best football ground in the country and a team that in the not to distant past came close to winning the Premier League and the Champions' League.
Second, that the characteristics that made him an exceptional Chairman while he was re-building the club make him less well suited to running the club now that the physical infrastructure is in place and the priority needs to be the team on the pitch. By these characteristics I mean his fiscal conservatism, his focus on the physical infrastructure and his focus on details.
Now add-in the fact that at some point Daniel Levy in particular and Joe Lewis to a lesser extent need an exit rout from Spurs. Levy's shares in Spurs account for a very large % of his personal wealth and at some point he is going to want to realise some or all of the value locked up in Spurs to provide for his family.
So it's not impossible that Joe Lewis could say to Levy that it's time for him to step aside from the day-t-day running of the club and to focus instead on how they are going to realise the vaue they have createdin their Spurs shares.
First, that in the past he's been an outstanding Chairman for Spurs. He's taken the club from being a mediocre mid-table team with no training ground and a clapped-out (albeit much loved ground) to being one of the leading clubs in Europe with an exceptional training ground, the best football ground in the country and a team that in the not to distant past came close to winning the Premier League and the Champions' League.
Second, that the characteristics that made him an exceptional Chairman while he was re-building the club make him less well suited to running the club now that the physical infrastructure is in place and the priority needs to be the team on the pitch. By these characteristics I mean his fiscal conservatism, his focus on the physical infrastructure and his focus on details.
Now add-in the fact that at some point Daniel Levy in particular and Joe Lewis to a lesser extent need an exit rout from Spurs. Levy's shares in Spurs account for a very large % of his personal wealth and at some point he is going to want to realise some or all of the value locked up in Spurs to provide for his family.
So it's not impossible that Joe Lewis could say to Levy that it's time for him to step aside from the day-t-day running of the club and to focus instead on how they are going to realise the vaue they have createdin their Spurs shares.