Daniel Levy pens letter to fans on final day of EPL season

[knilly]

You would like to think that the 5 year plan from this summer is more streamlined and focussed to the playing side of the club, and all the things that support it, like recruitment and the stucture that delivers it.

The last 5 years have been about closing the gap, and infrastructure to allow us to compete. We end this period having the chance to be the No1 team in Europe, it couldn’t have worked out any better.

If Levy and Poch can get their plans in place, bringing in a few top quality players, then we can be well equipped for regular top 4 finishes, and anything can happen from that kind of platform

 

[RichieS]

You would like to think that the 5 year plan from this summer is more streamlined and focussed to the playing side of the club, and all the things that support it, like recruitment and the stucture that delivers it.

The last 5 years have been about closing the gap, and infrastructure to allow us to compete. We end this period having the chance to be the No1 team in Europe, it couldn’t have worked out any better.

If Levy and Poch can get their plans in place, bringing in a few top quality players, then we can be well equipped for regular top 4 finishes, and anything can happen from that kind of platform

It can't not be, can it? There's nothing else left to do.

 

[DogsOfWar]

It can't not be, can it? There's nothing else left to do.

There's still the building of the houses/hotel on the stadium site, development of the Goods-in yard (houses, retail etc), creating 'Tottenham Way', developing the area between the Goods-in yard and the High Street, expanding the stadium income part of the business, and paying off the stadium.
These are all related as improving the area's ability to deal with large quantities of people, and gain more revenue for the local community, means we can have more events.
And all these developments and extra income from extra events means paying off the stadium quicker.

But, I would expect the two parts of the business to be run separately with development, events, stadium income all going towards the stadium debt.
And the football income going towards the playing side.

However, it is also possible that all the money could go towards the playing side or all the money could go towards the stadium depending on Levy's objectives for the next five years.

 

[Spurslove]

I hope you're right but we would have done it despite the chairman not spending for a year. So I wonder what his contribution has been to our success this season?

Apparently, money has been available, but Poch decided not to spend it for whatever reason. He's a very fussy guy (thank God)

If you need to see evidence of what Daniel Levy has done for the club, just look around you. We are where we are purely because of him and that includes employing Pochettino (admittedly, we had to kiss a few frogs before we found our prince..)

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[vegassd]

I hope you're right but we would have done it despite the chairman not spending for a year. So I wonder what his contribution has been to our success this season?

I think your point misses the reality of the situation on a couple of counts.

Firstly, a football club is not built from scratch every season. The contribution of a chairman must be measured over a period of time and should be viewed not as a snapshot but as a graph measuring progress/success.

One could argue that Levy signed (at one age or another) every player at the club and authorises their wages. Without his "contribution" this season none of the players would be here. A more relevant argument would be that he awarded new contracts to Poch, Kane, Son and Alli this season which contributes towards a settled and happy playing staff.

Secondly, it's not actually Levy's money. He gets to choose the direction of club spending, but all the money comes from THFC. And when it comes to new player signings he is not the only cog in the machinery. So even if we had spent 200m last summer it wouldn't be anything magical from Levy, it would just be him authorising the decisions made by Poch's team and the scouting team.

I think that Levy's most substantial contribution to the club will be changing the way that we generate money, which is what the stadium development represents. It's too large of a contribution to measured within the boundaries of a single season, and honestly we don't know how influential it is going to be just yet. It's a long-term project with long-term objectives which is why it will be such a shame that certain fans won't associate a potential CL trophy with Levy.

If we do win the CL - in this season of no spending - it should be heralded as the absolute proof that football is about more than just spending money. But it won't.

 

[DogsOfWar]

I think your point misses the reality of the situation on a couple of counts.

Firstly, a football club is not built from scratch every season. The contribution of a chairman must be measured over a period of time and should be viewed not as a snapshot but as a graph measuring progress/success.

One could argue that Levy signed (at one age or another) every player at the club and authorises their wages. Without his "contribution" this season none of the players would be here. A more relevant argument would be that he awarded new contracts to Poch, Kane, Son and Alli this season which contributes towards a settled and happy playing staff.

Secondly, it's not actually Levy's money. He gets to choose the direction of club spending, but all the money comes from THFC. And when it comes to new player signings he is not the only cog in the machinery. So even if we had spent 200m last summer it wouldn't be anything magical from Levy, it would just be him authorising the decisions made by Poch's team and the scouting team.

I think that Levy's most substantial contribution to the club will be changing the way that we generate money, which is what the stadium development represents. It's too large of a contribution to measured within the boundaries of a single season, and honestly we don't know how influential it is going to be just yet. It's a long-term project with long-term objectives which is why it will be such a shame that certain fans won't associate a potential CL trophy with Levy.

If we do win the CL - in this season of no spending - it should be heralded as the absolute proof that football is about more than just spending money. But it won't.

I agree completely.

Levy has created a whole new revenue stream from the stadium which will fill the void between us and the big guns in commercial revenue.
The other beauty of creating a standalone stadium brand is that it is free advertising and marketing for the footballing part of the business.
Added to seemingly little things like the station rename will see us become a worldwide brand with further commercial revenue increases.

Then its down to the footballing arm of the business, Poch, the transfer commitee, scouts, etc to turn this income into success on the pitch, which in turn, will see further commercial value.

Too many people seem to think the stadium is the end, it's not, it's another beginning.