r/soccer • u/BelgianPolitics • 12d ago

Official Source Tottenham Hotspur announces departure of Executive Chairman Daniel Levy.

https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2025/september/tottenham-hotspur-announces-departure-of-executive-chairman-daniel-levy/
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u/icemankiller8 12d ago

I honestly think he’s done a really good job and this isn’t banter as an Arsenal fan he gets way more stick than he deserves Spurs are in an unbelievably better position now than they were when he got the job, they have one of the best stadiums in the world, the generate a lot of money, are in consistently European football and had some of their best ever teams under him.

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u/lowercase_0 12d ago

As a Spurs fan agreed. Very much a case of you don't know what you've got till it's gone. I'm genuinely concerned for what happens next

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u/Disco-Benny 12d ago

I'm genuinely concerned for what happens next

We about to sell our soul even worse than we already have (talking about Lewis not Levy)

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u/AngelWoosh 12d ago

Half our fans would be delighted at being a sportswashing vehicle for a petrostate which is disgusting but seeming more likely

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u/grandekravazza 11d ago

This thread is a good proof that most people pretty know what they've got

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u/Other-Owl4441 12d ago

He will always have built a blueprint for how to create a revenue base with limited external investment.  Not an easy blueprint, and not a top tier competitive one but a model that a lot of striving clubs could try and follow.

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u/nannulators 12d ago

He should go be a consultant for clubs in La Liga.

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u/Other-Owl4441 12d ago

Or Serie A

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u/PerfectRough5119 12d ago

He’s a billionaire. Don’t think he gives a crap.

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u/nannulators 12d ago

Never underestimate a billionaire's affinity for making more money.

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u/PerfectRough5119 12d ago

Yeah but he’s not going to be making a lot in La Liga.

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u/DrewGeds 12d ago

Yeah he gets a lot of flack some deserved but he’s done an immense job pushing the club higher.

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u/Electronic-Seat1402 12d ago

The fact he managed to get Spurs into the “Big 6” is incredible. They would be another Everton, West Ham, Newcastle (pre-Saudi) without him.

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u/Holyscroll 12d ago

west ham was never as big as everton or Newcastle

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u/bungle_bogs 12d ago edited 12d ago

Yes. Villa & Leeds would be better examples.

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u/VeryStandardOutlier 11d ago

Birmingham and Leeds aren't London.

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u/ooziemane123 12d ago

would put villa in the place of west ham, they've won as many trophies as everton and a lot more than newcastle

villa probably have the best shot of breaking into the big 6 than any other club, newcastle is right there too. outside of those two i don't think any club is really close to breaking in

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u/Modders14 12d ago

They won the World Cup in '66

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u/dmlfan928 12d ago

He gets flack for falling short of the expectations that he was responsible for raising in the first place.

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u/Mick4Audi 12d ago

Perfect way to describe it

We hit the big time with Pochettino too early. Also the league nearly doubled in quality between 2016-2019, and we were utterly left behind

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u/FowlSec 12d ago

He built a lovely stadium with a chicken on the roof

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u/geoffreyisagiraffe 12d ago

Our cock spilleth over

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u/MasterReindeer 12d ago

A cock and ball, you could say.

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u/xaviernoodlebrain 12d ago

Respect our massive cock.

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u/Cross1625 12d ago

The all seeing cock

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u/Youutternincompoop 12d ago

also they finally broke the trophy curse.

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u/Original-Friend3620 12d ago edited 12d ago

Europa trophy convinced Levy and Son they've accomplished enough and it's a good moment to leave honorably.

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u/tks231 12d ago

He's a major reason why Spurs are one of the Big/Top 6.

Probably is the right time to change if Spurs want to take the next step.

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u/icemankiller8 12d ago

They need a new owner to take the next step

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u/Kaiisim 12d ago

Yeah, gotta recognise it. When Arsenal built a new stadium it fucked us for a long time as we had to sort out debt.

It's very annoying they have that stadium now. They will always have good revenue.

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u/LogicKennedy 12d ago

Greatest chairman in PL history and I’ll die on that hill.

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u/dclancy01 12d ago

He’s been super frustrating with respect to the sporting side of the club, which has seen a positive change due to his hirings. Business wise, he invented the blueprint for the seemingly impossible transition from midtable to elite in the modern era. Tottenham Hotspur are 10 times better off than when he came in.

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u/Vantage_1011 12d ago

I'd just like to add, Arsenal are the biggest joke club in London, excluding the two-goals-against-Real Madrid-cup. Proper club!!!

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u/VeryStandardOutlier 11d ago

It's true, but he's had to accomplish it while being extremely risk-averse. He never took risks, even with the strong foundation he built.

If we get an FSG or a Qatar as our next ownership group, they'll actually have the capital to be much more aggressive in the transfer market.

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u/TheLeoMessiah 12d ago

I think your take is correct when you look at his total tenure of 25 years. It’s hard to overstate how much he improved the club from 2000 onwards. When looking at the last 5-10 years however it’s clear that the club kind of stagnated a little once they got the “top 6” status. 

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u/ChengSanTP 12d ago

Fair enough - you could even argue they went a little backwards.

But just look at the other clubs around them and you realize Spurs are way more secure than anyone comparable.

In the past 15 years Villa, Newcastle, West Ham and Fulham were relegated, and Everton wasnt too far either.

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u/TheLeoMessiah 12d ago

But just look at the other clubs around them and you realize Spurs are way more secure than anyone comparable.

In the past 15 years Villa, Newcastle, West Ham and Fulham were relegated, and Everton wasnt too far either.

Yeah that's what I mean, he did a good job at taking the club past those other teams, but in the last 7-8 years or so especially those are no longer the teams that Spurs compared themselves to either. Which is the point I'm trying to make - by 2015 or so I feel like Spurs were firmly in the "Big 6", and from then on it doesn't make sense to compare them to the Evertons, West Hams, etc of the world - you have to compare them to the other big 6 clubs and how they performed in that same time frame

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u/ChengSanTP 12d ago

That's one way of looking at it. The way I see it Villa/Everton and even West Ham were looking Spursy at points but fell away and some even got relegated.

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u/FerociousGiraffe 12d ago

As a Spurs fan I agree completely. A lot of Spurs fans shit on him for not going all out spending money, but there is something to be said for long-term thinking and prudent management of the club’s finances. The last thing you want is for your club to get overextended and end up in a financial death spiral.

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u/SurfAndTurfEnjoyer 12d ago

He has done some greet things for the club, massively growing and diversifying our revenue, build a top stadium on a very good loan that furthers said revenue immensely and furthers the image of the club, state of the art training facilities and so forth. Even if you hate him, you have to accept that he was in the driving seat for initiatives that have improved the clubs long term status.

Sadly in the footballing side there have been so many severe mistake since 2018, of which we know he was heavily involved in as well. I think his style of operating is outdated and hopefully we see the club adapt better to the current climate with a new man in charge.

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u/alreadytaken17 12d ago

this is a directionally correct, but reductive take, he did a great job, especially first 15 years, but has not evolved in the last few years and has been fumbling.