I just want the cheese room they promised us

Sauce?

Meh, believe it when it happens.

comment by Bãleș left boot (U22081)
posted 52 minutes ago
Sauce?
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Amanda Staveley’s purchase of a 12.5 per cent stake in Tottenham is “imminent”, according to John Wenham.

“There is certainly something going on there,” Wenham said.

“I’m sure that Staveley’s expertise and network of contacts would prove very valuable to Tottenham.

“Even if she only buys a 12.5 per cent stake now, which is the rumour, that leaves the door open to potentially purchasing more in the future, once her team is settled at the club.

“However, yes, it does look like something is fairly imminent.”

Taken from various sauces. But as I said, we're working off rumour and whisper here.

Investment will be a great boost for us, even if not much changes in terms of ownership.

Spurs have some massive real estate deals to be done with residential, hotel and other commercial developments on their estate.

Id imagine that, like the Sainsburys land, they will want to retain ownership of much of the commercial parts and open up new revenues from them, rather than selling off. But to do this they need some serious investment to get these projects out of the ground.

To diversify our income streams is a massive bonus especially when you see the likes of Sky making huge losses which could point to a bit of a bubble bursting for PL revenues. In fact i think that although the latest PL TV deal is more than the previous one, its over a longer period, so actually values less per season. So a lot of other clubs growth is off the back of TV money growth the ability for Spurs to grow their non-football commercial revenue should be a real bonus.

Sauce?

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Bãleș left boot (U22081)
posted 52 minutes ago
Sauce?
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Amanda Staveley’s purchase of a 12.5 per cent stake in Tottenham is “imminent”, according to John Wenham.

“There is certainly something going on there,” Wenham said.

“I’m sure that Staveley’s expertise and network of contacts would prove very valuable to Tottenham.

“Even if she only buys a 12.5 per cent stake now, which is the rumour, that leaves the door open to potentially purchasing more in the future, once her team is settled at the club.

“However, yes, it does look like something is fairly imminent.”

Taken from various sauces. But as I said, we're working off rumour and whisper here.

Investment will be a great boost for us, even if not much changes in terms of ownership.

Spurs have some massive real estate deals to be done with residential, hotel and other commercial developments on their estate.

Id imagine that, like the Sainsburys land, they will want to retain ownership of much of the commercial parts and open up new revenues from them, rather than selling off. But to do this they need some serious investment to get these projects out of the ground.

To diversify our income streams is a massive bonus especially when you see the likes of Sky making huge losses which could point to a bit of a bubble bursting for PL revenues. In fact i think that although the latest PL TV deal is more than the previous one, its over a longer period, so actually values less per season. So a lot of other clubs growth is off the back of TV money growth the ability for Spurs to grow their non-football commercial revenue should be a real bonus.

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The overseas TV deal is growing rapidly though, it’s not all about the domestic audience.

The logical step and it will happen sooner rather than later will be clubs selling TV rights to their own games - then you will see huge disparity because no one is paying much to see the likes of Fulham, Palace, Bournemouth, Brentford, Southampton, Ipswich whereas United and Liverpool will bring in crazy off the chart numbers and Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea will bring in astronomical figures also.

Look forward to the internal conflict of some fans who want Levy out but don't want someone from the Middle East taking over 😂.

comment by Luka Bosh Brasi (U22178)
posted 26 seconds ago
Look forward to the internal conflict of some fans who want Levy out but don't want someone from the Middle East taking over 😂.


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I suppose it depends on the nature of the middle east ownership, whether they are part of or linked to the political regime (like City & NUFC) or purely investors.

comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Bãleș left boot (U22081)
posted 52 minutes ago
Sauce?
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Amanda Staveley’s purchase of a 12.5 per cent stake in Tottenham is “imminent”, according to John Wenham.

“There is certainly something going on there,” Wenham said.

“I’m sure that Staveley’s expertise and network of contacts would prove very valuable to Tottenham.

“Even if she only buys a 12.5 per cent stake now, which is the rumour, that leaves the door open to potentially purchasing more in the future, once her team is settled at the club.

“However, yes, it does look like something is fairly imminent.”

Taken from various sauces. But as I said, we're working off rumour and whisper here.

Investment will be a great boost for us, even if not much changes in terms of ownership.

Spurs have some massive real estate deals to be done with residential, hotel and other commercial developments on their estate.

Id imagine that, like the Sainsburys land, they will want to retain ownership of much of the commercial parts and open up new revenues from them, rather than selling off. But to do this they need some serious investment to get these projects out of the ground.

To diversify our income streams is a massive bonus especially when you see the likes of Sky making huge losses which could point to a bit of a bubble bursting for PL revenues. In fact i think that although the latest PL TV deal is more than the previous one, its over a longer period, so actually values less per season. So a lot of other clubs growth is off the back of TV money growth the ability for Spurs to grow their non-football commercial revenue should be a real bonus.

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The overseas TV deal is growing rapidly though, it’s not all about the domestic audience.

The logical step and it will happen sooner rather than later will be clubs selling TV rights to their own games - then you will see huge disparity because no one is paying much to see the likes of Fulham, Palace, Bournemouth, Brentford, Southampton, Ipswich whereas United and Liverpool will bring in crazy off the chart numbers and Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea will bring in astronomical figures also.


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The sharing of wealth is a key plank of the PL setup.

It is a constant fear though particularly if a ESL comes to be because it will destroy the domestic game. You'd hope no fan would want this to happen because the success in this country is all about the competitiveness and the football pyramid and both would crumble leaving just the elite teams fighting it out.

Considering how much of our money is going to Israel, should fans even care about who owns their club anymore? Don’t see the point of taking the moral high ground.

How much of our money is going to Israel?

Idk it depends how many companies you are boycotting

Seems like probably less than people spend on football

We make a lot more sense to invest in than Newcastle ever did, our revenues dwarf theirs and our FFP headroom is miles above the rest of the league - we are very much a club that you could buy into and make successful quite quickly.

Given the status of the stadium and the exposure owners would also get to NFL, Boxing, Rugby and some of the biggest music acts around we are an enticing proposition. But the valuation of the club looks steep to me - puts us in the top 10 in the world - are we that?

Personally think this is the only way forward for the club to be able to challenge at the very, very top and finally win things.

We need a new direction, input and strategy as ENIC as good as they have been at building the infrastructure, sporting wise they are lacking.

comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
We make a lot more sense to invest in than Newcastle ever did, our revenues dwarf theirs and our FFP headroom is miles above the rest of the league - we are very much a club that you could buy into and make successful quite quickly.

Given the status of the stadium and the exposure owners would also get to NFL, Boxing, Rugby and some of the biggest music acts around we are an enticing proposition. But the valuation of the club looks steep to me - puts us in the top 10 in the world - are we that?
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We are always comfortably among the top clubs in the world. The Deloitte reports since their inception backs this.

Year on year we are climbing.

The fact that we can host major A grade events in addition to football more than justifies the valuation.

If we end up with an NFL franchise it will seem like Stavely etc al. Have got it on the cheap.

I wonder whether the latest reports flying around about Staveley’s leaked WhatsApp messages proving that the crown Prince of Saudi was the ultimate decision maker for the Newcastle takeover might mean she doesn’t pass the fit and proper person test? Not sure whether that applies to minority shareholders but if it’s proved that she was part of a cover up at Newcastle, surely she’d fail any attempt at ultimately owning Spurs.

I’m not too bothered about the ethical side of all this. You’ll find most people of considerable wealth at that level have achieved it questionably. Plus there’s the argument that close ties with the Middle East can ultimately make their culture more westernised long term. The more exposure they get to the way the rest of the world lives, the more real change can happen for them. Hard to prove or see at this stage but it’s more than possible. Basically, if it’s not us, it’ll be another club. My feeling is that PSR will soften after the City court case, leaving clubs able to spend more of their own money again. We need to be competitive or at least financially ready for that to happen.

comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 9 hours, 36 minutes ago
I wonder whether the latest reports flying around about Staveley’s leaked WhatsApp messages proving that the crown Prince of Saudi was the ultimate decision maker for the Newcastle takeover might mean she doesn’t pass the fit and proper person test? Not sure whether that applies to minority shareholders but if it’s proved that she was part of a cover up at Newcastle, surely she’d fail any attempt at ultimately owning Spurs.

I’m not too bothered about the ethical side of all this. You’ll find most people of considerable wealth at that level have achieved it questionably. Plus there’s the argument that close ties with the Middle East can ultimately make their culture more westernised long term. The more exposure they get to the way the rest of the world lives, the more real change can happen for them. Hard to prove or see at this stage but it’s more than possible. Basically, if it’s not us, it’ll be another club. My feeling is that PSR will soften after the City court case, leaving clubs able to spend more of their own money again. We need to be competitive or at least financially ready for that to happen.
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The Saudi's are fkers but so called western values are a myth

To be honest I have very little real interest in who runs the club. I am solely only interested in the playing side. Obviously further investment would not go amiss into what is already a very financially healthily well run club. I would not really want cash just pumped in like at City and Chelsea where trophies were brought with unlimited money. But I don`t think Spurs are in the position those two clubs were in. Spurs are already a very well run outfit, and financially I suspect one of the top 10 clubs in world football. So it would not take that much to put the club on a much better footing to compete at the top for trophies.

Just wanna beat Palace on Sunday

comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 18 hours, 15 minutes ago
We make a lot more sense to invest in than Newcastle ever did, our revenues dwarf theirs and our FFP headroom is miles above the rest of the league - we are very much a club that you could buy into and make successful quite quickly.

Given the status of the stadium and the exposure owners would also get to NFL, Boxing, Rugby and some of the biggest music acts around we are an enticing proposition. But the valuation of the club looks steep to me - puts us in the top 10 in the world - are we that?
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Wr are top 10 in terms of revenues. And I'd guess you'd say we're even ready.

*oven ready...meaning all our major infrastructure is in place.

comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 4 hours, 14 minutes ago
To be honest I have very little real interest in who runs the club. I am solely only interested in the playing side. Obviously further investment would not go amiss into what is already a very financially healthily well run club. I would not really want cash just pumped in like at City and Chelsea where trophies were brought with unlimited money. But I don`t think Spurs are in the position those two clubs were in. Spurs are already a very well run outfit, and financially I suspect one of the top 10 clubs in world football. So it would not take that much to put the club on a much better footing to compete at the top for trophies.
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What do we want to be - well run or successful on the football side? I don't think you can be both, in most examples. If we're in the black it's because we've not been ambitious enough on the pitch. Even Arsenal, who are really giving it a good go, will feel the financial pinch in a year or so giving how ambitious they've been in the market.

We CAN spend more than we do. We just choose not to. I don't care who runs the club, I just want to see us try more.

comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 34 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 4 hours, 14 minutes ago
To be honest I have very little real interest in who runs the club. I am solely only interested in the playing side. Obviously further investment would not go amiss into what is already a very financially healthily well run club. I would not really want cash just pumped in like at City and Chelsea where trophies were brought with unlimited money. But I don`t think Spurs are in the position those two clubs were in. Spurs are already a very well run outfit, and financially I suspect one of the top 10 clubs in world football. So it would not take that much to put the club on a much better footing to compete at the top for trophies.
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What do we want to be - well run or successful on the football side? I don't think you can be both, in most examples. If we're in the black it's because we've not been ambitious enough on the pitch. Even Arsenal, who are really giving it a good go, will feel the financial pinch in a year or so giving how ambitious they've been in the market.

We CAN spend more than we do. We just choose not to. I don't care who runs the club, I just want to see us try more.
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Back that up with some facts and figures!

Sure. Our wage bill is now lower than Brighton’s. Nuff said.