Hi Guys
I am once again ready to contribute to the site, please look at this overview from Football London speculating on who might be interested in buying the club, the list is diverse and ranges from Jay-Z to Sheik Jassim (who is seemingly unhappy with United).
Takeover talk continues to swirl at Tottenham Hotspur with the north London club an attractive proposition for investors, especially after a strong start to the season under new manager Ange Postecoglou. Chairman Daniel Levy has now gone as far as admitting this himself.
Spurs have been the subject of speculation since the turn of the year, when reports emerged of a meeting between Levy and the president of Paris Saint-Germain, Nasser Al-Khelaifi. Al-Khelaifi is the chairman of PSG's owners, Qatar Sports Investments, which has made waves at the Parc de Princes with its 'Galactico' transfer policy having brought in Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe in recent years.
MSP Sports Capital, a group chaired by the American-Iranian billionaire Jahm Najafi, has also been linked with a move for Spurs while there has even been talk of the legendary rapper Jay-Z making a bid for the club. It has also been claimed that the Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, who wants to buy Manchester United, could turn his attention to Tottenham if he is unsuccessful in his seemingly never-ending quest to take over at Old Trafford.
Levy, who is now the most public facing member of the ownership group, has just under 30 per cent of ENIC's 86.58 per cent controlling share in the club alongside his family. Now, with Levy being extremely open about the club's future, here's the latest on an investment or potential sale of the club with previous links to owners of Formula One, Liberty Media.
MSP Sports Capital, a group chaired by the American-Iranian billionaire Jahm Najafi, has also been linked with a move for Spurs while there has even been talk of the legendary rapper Jay-Z making a bid for the club. It has also been claimed that the Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, who wants to buy Manchester United, could turn his attention to Tottenham if he is unsuccessful in his seemingly never-ending quest to take over at Old Trafford.
Jay-Z 'preparing bid' for Spurs
Shock claims have emerged regarding a potential bid for Spurs by the rapper Jay-Z. The New York native, famous for his hits including 'H to the Izzo' and '99 Problems' is backed by US investors, according to the Express.
Jay-Z, who himself has a net worth of around £2billion, has dabbled in sports having previously held a share in the Brooklyn Nets basketball team while his Roc Nation empire had Manchester United star Marcus Rashford on its books. It is being claimed Jay-Z and his group are waiting to see the outcome of Joe Lewis' insider trading allegations with the 86 year-old denying the charges put to him in court.
Lewis controls ENIC, which controls Spurs, but as Companies House documents showed in October last year is no longer a 'person with significant control' of Tottenham Hotspur Limited.
Takeover Interest
posted on 23/9/23
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
Not sure there is any actual interest, and from what I understand it’s only a STAKE that would be up for sale with Levy remaining at the helm.
So no change.
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Yep money flowing in but Levy to retain his status at the club - probably why most the talks have gone nowhere
posted on 23/9/23
Morning GG..... welcome back ! Hope you are doing, OK ?
Re a possible takeover, given the environment we live in at present I suspect its inevitable. The simple truth is without major investment and major increase in spend on players Spurs simply won't be able to compete. with that said there is something very positive going on at Spurs at the moment and personally i think it's something that that should be seen as healthy for all Spurs fans given where the club has been for the past few seasons.
The narrative around the club and around Ange in particular is new, refreshing and honest and I think a pride has been rediscovered in our fan base.
I have been one of Levy's biggest critics (& rightly so for a number of poor decisions he's made in the past few years) BUT you now have to be fair and give the credit and a reasonable degree of support when he has finally got the club moving in the right direction.
Like you I would prefer to back Levy for the next couple of years without simply jumping in the direction of dirty oil money at the first opportunity.
There were some very insightful things said at the Forum the other night that make me want to get behind the structure that Levy has put in place. I think the way Ange handles himself speaks for himself but for Levy to be honest, open and actually make decisions that back up what he's saying gave me a new found respect for the guy.
Of course, he's far from perfect and it could all go tlts up but there FINALLY appears to be some joined up thinking, a clear direction, a manager that understands the restrictions we have as a club and both manager and owner now seemed aligned in taking responsibility for moving us in the right direction.
I love that Ange has said he doesn't want to win a trophy just for the sake of it. He's said he wants to build something that can be organically successful.... I'll take that over a league cup win and then nothing for another decade, especially if the football is good & you we can see a clear strategy in place.
I hope the negative noise can die down for a while, we can all just enjoy what's in front of us and see where it goes.....I've got my love for the club back (in a much shorter time than I would have expected) and that's something Oil money cant buy.
posted on 23/9/23
comment by Diamondlights (U20501)
posted 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
Morning GG..... welcome back ! Hope you are doing, OK ?
Re a possible takeover, given the environment we live in at present I suspect its inevitable. The simple truth is without major investment and major increase in spend on players Spurs simply won't be able to compete. with that said there is something very positive going on at Spurs at the moment and personally i think it's something that that should be seen as healthy for all Spurs fans given where the club has been for the past few seasons.
The narrative around the club and around Ange in particular is new, refreshing and honest and I think a pride has been rediscovered in our fan base.
I have been one of Levy's biggest critics (& rightly so for a number of poor decisions he's made in the past few years) BUT you now have to be fair and give the credit and a reasonable degree of support when he has finally got the club moving in the right direction.
Like you I would prefer to back Levy for the next couple of years without simply jumping in the direction of dirty oil money at the first opportunity.
There were some very insightful things said at the Forum the other night that make me want to get behind the structure that Levy has put in place. I think the way Ange handles himself speaks for himself but for Levy to be honest, open and actually make decisions that back up what he's saying gave me a new found respect for the guy.
Of course, he's far from perfect and it could all go tlts up but there FINALLY appears to be some joined up thinking, a clear direction, a manager that understands the restrictions we have as a club and both manager and owner now seemed aligned in taking responsibility for moving us in the right direction.
I love that Ange has said he doesn't want to win a trophy just for the sake of it. He's said he wants to build something that can be organically successful.... I'll take that over a league cup win and then nothing for another decade, especially if the football is good & you we can see a clear strategy in place.
I hope the negative noise can die down for a while, we can all just enjoy what's in front of us and see where it goes.....I've got my love for the club back (in a much shorter time than I would have expected) and that's something Oil money cant buy.
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Thanks Diamondlights…………totally agree with everything you have just said. Fingers crossed that we move forward with Ange but don’t panic if something goes wrong too.👍
posted on 23/9/23
Think we should just one up everyone else and get North Korea to buy us
posted on 23/9/23
comment by The Hybrid Postecogdoos (U10416)
posted 35 minutes ago
Think we should just one up everyone else and get North Korea to buy us
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Or The Vatican.
posted on 23/9/23
comment by GeniusGreaves (U1302)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
comment by Diamondlights (U20501)
posted 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
Morning GG..... welcome back ! Hope you are doing, OK ?
Re a possible takeover, given the environment we live in at present I suspect its inevitable. The simple truth is without major investment and major increase in spend on players Spurs simply won't be able to compete. with that said there is something very positive going on at Spurs at the moment and personally i think it's something that that should be seen as healthy for all Spurs fans given where the club has been for the past few seasons.
The narrative around the club and around Ange in particular is new, refreshing and honest and I think a pride has been rediscovered in our fan base.
I have been one of Levy's biggest critics (& rightly so for a number of poor decisions he's made in the past few years) BUT you now have to be fair and give the credit and a reasonable degree of support when he has finally got the club moving in the right direction.
Like you I would prefer to back Levy for the next couple of years without simply jumping in the direction of dirty oil money at the first opportunity.
There were some very insightful things said at the Forum the other night that make me want to get behind the structure that Levy has put in place. I think the way Ange handles himself speaks for himself but for Levy to be honest, open and actually make decisions that back up what he's saying gave me a new found respect for the guy.
Of course, he's far from perfect and it could all go tlts up but there FINALLY appears to be some joined up thinking, a clear direction, a manager that understands the restrictions we have as a club and both manager and owner now seemed aligned in taking responsibility for moving us in the right direction.
I love that Ange has said he doesn't want to win a trophy just for the sake of it. He's said he wants to build something that can be organically successful.... I'll take that over a league cup win and then nothing for another decade, especially if the football is good & you we can see a clear strategy in place.
I hope the negative noise can die down for a while, we can all just enjoy what's in front of us and see where it goes.....I've got my love for the club back (in a much shorter time than I would have expected) and that's something Oil money cant buy.
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Thanks Diamondlights…………totally agree with everything you have just said. Fingers crossed that we move forward with Ange but don’t panic if something goes wrong too.👍
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Doesn't want to win a trophy “just for the sake of it” ??
What does that even mean? Sounds like excuses/loser talk.
posted on 23/9/23
Welcome back GG
Good article mate
posted on 23/9/23
Thanks Mighty Tottenham, it’s good to be back although I now know that certain things in life are irrelevant and we should do two things in life.
1) Live for today
2) Cherish those close to us as we never know what tomorrow brings🤔
posted on 23/9/23
Thanks Mighty Tottenham, it’s good to be back although I now know that certain things in life are irrelevant and we should do two things in life.
1) Live for today
2) Cherish those close to us as we never know what tomorrow brings🤔
posted on 23/9/23
Levy has said he has no interest in leaving Spurs or selling the club, but has a duty to consider any offers etc.
Levy is going nowhere, it will take a eye watering offer for him to sell the club.
Levy also reckons all these extra events held at the stadium generate £20m to £30m of extra revenue per season, but I wouldn`t be surprised if it is considerably more and Levy just plays it down so he doesn`t have to spend it.
Levy out.