The Board has never stated that a top four finish is a prerequisite. If they have and I've missed it please post the link with a direct quote please.
But you still haven't found that elusive quote from Levy stating that Jol has to give Spurs fourth position this season. There is insinuation and interpretation but not a direct quote. You are reading what you want to read.
BTW - i imagine both you and I "want to see Spurs in the Champions League" but it does not give us the right to expect it. You see the difference?
"It is realistic that we should look to challenge for a top-four position and I have assured him and the board that that is what I shall aim for."
You seem to be interpreting 'look to challenge for a top-four position' as 'look to achieve a top-four position this season'.
It's not a matter of splitting hairs. It's a matter of pisspoor comprehension on your part.
Either way, we are not challenging for the champions league spot this season. Or any place in Europe...[/quo
At the moment we are trying to avoid a Championship League spot !
Would you like me to forward that to the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations for you? I'm sure they're looking to add another example of witty repartée to their collection.
I have read the articles. I've also understood the articles. You haven't, either because you are incapable of understanding plain English, or because you have put a construction on them that doesn't exist except in your imagination.
Either way, we are not challenging for the champions league spot this season. Or any place in Europe...
HE HAS GONE!!!
OFFICIAL! it's on bbc sport:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/3987327.stm