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SirHarryHotspur

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zonbon32

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Hypothetically if our one and only goal was to win everything and we were owned by a Saudi investment fund and kept Levy at the helm. How do you think we would do?

I think we’d be one of the most successful clubs in footballing history.

Interested to hear others opinions
I think when the time for balls to the wall comes he would not take the essential last step. Like when Pool got VVD & Alisson for what people thought were absurd fees at the time, or when Scum paid over £100m for Rice as well as all the big wages that go with it. I just don't think he has the appetite for that level of risk when it comes to transfers.
 

Ribble

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Maybe Levy and co have already made all the improvements an investor would need in order to make money out of it?

I think their target market has always been a little different, with Lewis' connections I'd imagine they have always primarily been targeting the US and someone who's after a club who are ready-made and perhaps just need a little extra push. FSG probably would have been their perfect buyer, but obviously they managed to get Liverpool when that club's value was massively depressed by Hicks & Gillette's mismanagement.
 

Kendrick

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If Staveley is the face of a potential takeover, or at least a hefty investment, where is the money coming from?
 

LukaKranjcar

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I just cant see how a part investment does anything for us on the pitch ultimately. If Levy is still at the helm, the injection of funds or whatever will be spent in the exact same manner as always.

Full buyout or bust for me.

Thats without getting in to the very valid, albeit longwinded discussions about where/who the money is coming from etc.
 

spursfan77

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That quote by Staveley in The Mirror is not new , it was around ages ago you have to wonder if this Mirror story has any substance .


Richardson who wrote it never gets anything correct. He’s terribly inaccurate.

Personally I’d ignore the Steverley links. I don’t think she’s the type of investor levy would want to get involved with. Too mouthy.
 

For the love of Spurs

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We know Daniel Levy quite well now don’t we?

Does that honestly sound like someone he’s going to get involved with?

Before reading it I said no chance and now I’m doubly convinced.

what if the Joe Lewis Trust who are the majority do though and sell to her connections. Can Levy prevent that.
 

Gb160

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Reading this, you wouldn’t touch her with a barge pole.

She’s basically an opportunist who behaves like she’s worth billions, when she doesn’t have a pot to piss in..

A modern day Michael Knighton
I wouldn’t mind being a couple of quid behind her.
 

SirHarryHotspur

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Richardson who wrote it never gets anything correct. He’s terribly inaccurate.

Personally I’d ignore the Steverley links. I don’t think she’s the type of investor levy would want to get involved with. Too mouthy.
Just shows can you believe any of these stories, The Mirror says she was a guest at the Brentford match, can anyone confirm she was seen at the match.
 

TC18

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what if the Joe Lewis Trust who are the majority do though and sell to her connections. Can Levy prevent that.
Levy could only advise, he won’t have any say in what the Lewis Trust does.

Levy only cares about making money anyway. This belief that he will only do what’s best for the club as he has a moral compass is naive. He will simply do what’s best for his investment.
 

Cinemattis

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I really do hope not!

Thanks for sharing. Reading the whole article, Staveley comes through as an opportunist with little actual weight behind her numerous and glorified statements.

Her ventures in Libya and Iraq make me think of one single word:

Carpetbagger.

Not a huge fan of Enic, but better the devil you know. And obviously better than this overinflated hot air balloon.
 

SirHarryHotspur

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As Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi have been to Spurs for two recent matches can we assume that Levy is doing all the negotiations for both the Lewis family trust and his own interests , it would seem so unless someone has come over from the Bahamas.
We know that Josh Levy is Co-CEO in the Tavistock Group so the families are very integrated .
Apparently Staveley and Ghodoussi were at the Chelsea game this weekend in the directors box, just like Starmer getting freebies everywhere.
 

sidford

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As Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi have been to Spurs for two recent matches can we assume that Levy is doing all the negotiations for both the Lewis family trust and his own interests , it would seem so unless someone has come over from the Bahamas.
We know that Josh Levy is Co-CEO in the Tavistock Group so the families are very integrated .
Apparently Staveley and Ghodoussi were at the Chelsea game this weekend in the directors box, just like Starmer getting freebies everywhere.
Chelsea ownership is fractured with both sides saying they want to buy the other out so no surprise they were at that game.
It's a mad time, so many clubs for sale or seeking minority investment. With the prices being quoted there is a very very limited pool of buyers.
 

fecka

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Think the ones calling for an ENIC sale need to wrap their head around the fact that whoever buys the club, as a minority stake or full takeover, won't be anyone nice.
It's highly likely we're looking at either American investors or Middle Eastern ones, and neither particularly fills me with joy even if it'll mean more money into the club.

I say that as someone who wouldn't mind new owners. You rarely become a billionaire by being nice or ethical. It's unfortunately just what the world is like.
 
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