Anyone who thinks we need to invest a massive amount of cash to close the gap with the top teams is mistaken. All it would take is maintaing the core of our quality within the current squad, and spending somewhere around 40-50 million pounds a year net in the transfer market to really challenge the top 4. Imagine if we had also signed Griezmann and Schneiderlin this summer, which with the type of money Cain Hoy would likely be investing, would be very realistic, and would not run us afoul of FFP in the least. Those type of high quality signings to plug holes in the first team can be enough to really push a club on.
Anyone who has seen the transformation of the Dodgers since the Guggenheim group took them over can tell you that this would be a very good thing for Tottenham if they brought the same fan friendly mentality to the club. Forget comparisons to the likes of Randy Lerner, who bought their clubs for a fraction of what any prospective THFC buyer would pay. If you spend 500 billion pounds on a football club, you're going to do whatever it takes to make that team successful on the pitch, too.
He's taken us to 6th with 100 million pound, Everton got to 5th with less money.
Who would you like as Chairman if we go the Magic Johnson route? The only one I can think of is Klinsmann. Vega is a very successful businessman but wont exactly get everyone excited.
a bit from trix on the matter:
This is not exactly what I'd call itK, but has been passed on by a very well known agent who knows Levy fairly well...........
"Perhaps Daniel isn't looking to sell his shares. Doesn't mean the club won't have new owners."
When I asked for clarification was told:
"Daniel loves the club and has never wanted to sell up, Joe doesn't necessarily share the same opinion".
a bit from trix on the matter:
This is not exactly what I'd call itK, but has been passed on by a very well known agent who knows Levy fairly well...........
"Perhaps Daniel isn't looking to sell his shares. Doesn't mean the club won't have new owners."
When I asked for clarification was told:
"Daniel loves the club and has never wanted to sell up, Joe doesn't necessarily share the same opinion".
Gooner.Magic is just a figurehead and doesn't really run the Dodgers. He's just an extremely popular guy in LA and it builds goodwill to have him front and center to represent the ownership group. I guess the equivalent in England is if they brought Mo Farah (is he as universally popular as I imagine he is?) into the group to be the public face, not someone just popular with Spurs fans but with sporting fans across the board.
Todd Boehly is in charge. He is President of Guggenheim and outbid Kronke for LA Dodgers. He has not resigned from Guggenheim. Silverman is vice chairman of asset management in Guggenheim, he has also not resigned from Guggenheim.
They are Guggenheim.
He may not have a choice in the matter. Under takeover rules, if a company buys a majority stake then it can purchase the rest of the shares on the same terms. Nothing that the minority share holders can do about it.a bit from trix on the matter:
This is not exactly what I'd call itK, but has been passed on by a very well known agent who knows Levy fairly well...........
"Perhaps Daniel isn't looking to sell his shares. Doesn't mean the club won't have new owners."
When I asked for clarification was told:
"Daniel loves the club and has never wanted to sell up, Joe doesn't necessarily share the same opinion".
The thing with Levy and these new Guggenheim guys, is everyone has an ego. While Lewis may be happy to sit in the background and let Levy do his thing, these new guys may not be so happy with such an arrangement.
Or maybe these chaps are all best mates with Levy, and are happy to keep him on as chairman. Interesting times though.
Do we think that he (Lewis) watched the Liverpool match and thought fuck this?
Would be very happy if we had new owners with deep pockets and kept Levy on board. Mullers might have a stroke though.
You better let ENIC know, they were the ones who sacked Hoddle 6 games into a new season and fired a guy who got us two 5th place finishes.Mullers football isn't all about winning cups and end results, the journey is just as important as the final destination to a lot of fans, so to speak.
I and many others have enjoyed the ENIC era a great deal and value this time spent supporting the club quite highly. We go into every match with a chance to win, we no longer have to write off certain fixtures every season or hope for a draw at best from the likes of Bolton away. We have improved and to a certain extent, pride has been returned now that we no longer battle to secure 40 points at the end of each season to avoid relegation.
There's always room to improve so I'd also back a take over assuming that everything was above board and they had the intention of taking us even further, but despite some of his failings Levy has worked wonders in many areas and he and ENIC are the reason that the club is so highly valued today (not saying it's worth £1bn).
Maybe Levy has been too tight fisted at times when we could have pushed on but if he is kept on and given access to the funds from a big investor, it wouldn't be a bad thing at all imo.
Do we think that he (Lewis) watched the Liverpool match and thought fuck this?
Would be very happy if we had new owners with deep pockets and kept Levy on board. Mullers might have a stroke though.
But every single team in the world has moments like that. Hell, even Ferguson's Man Utd lost 6-1 to Man City, and the very same Swiss side got them out of the Champions League.You better let ENIC know, they were the ones who sacked Hoddle 6 games into a new season and fired a guy who got us two 5th place finishes.
There is no pride in losing to West Ham 3 times in one season.
There is no pride in letting in 12 goals in 3 games against Liverpool
There is no pride in losing to Swiss side in the quarter finals of Europa
There is no pride in being 2 up against Arsenal and losing 5-2.
I don't enjoy that, that kind of crap has to change.
No - I've just watched Herts, Portsmouth, Villa, United, Liverpool (Hicks-Gillett), City (Shinawatra), Southampton (Liebherr jnr) and all the other clubs where it has gone badly wrong.
Asset stripping is the only way to make money in football. Investment doesn't pay back.
Thanks but no yanks