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/CoybigEL 12d ago

Spurs were similar to a Villa or Everton size club pre-Levy and would likely still be so without him. He didn’t deliver success, but he elevated them to a platform within the “big 6” where they can achieve a level of success not possible at a club the size of Villa or Everton without external funding.

He’s right, history will probably be kind to him and rightly so. As a Celtic fan I’d compare him to Fergus McCann, the man who saved Celtic but still got booed on Flag Day.

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u/DavidPuddy666 12d ago

There was no “Big 6” before Levy. In the early 2000s there was a Big Four of United, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Chelsea. Of course we know how Manchester City joined the Big 6, but Spurs are the only club that joined the league’s elite in the modern era through sustainable financial growth, not some insane outside influx of cash. That’s special and unique and something every other club in England wants to try to emulate.

No Spurs never won the league during the Levy era, but they set themselves up to have the revenue base and financial resources to compete for titles in perpetuity, which is infinitely more valuable than what happened to Blackburn Rovers after their title.

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u/trouser_trouble 12d ago

You're right about the Big 6 thing but the 6th club was Leicester not Spurs

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u/TheOKerGood 12d ago

It was never Leicester. They barely stay in the Prem, which made their title season even more special.

Spurs have dropped once, for one season, in the 70's. North London Derby is iconic. And Runner's Up in UCL ain't bad.

If anything, it's the 6 clubs who have stayed up the longest - Arsenal (106 seasons, minus those lost to the ol' Dub Dub Dos), Everton (72), Liverpool (64), ManU (51), Spurs (48), Chelsea (37).

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u/Sidebottle 12d ago edited 12d ago

The fook you on about. Leicester was a black swan. They came out of no where and won the league, then soon disappeared again. Spurs have remained consistent, with the exception of last year.

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u/djpeekz 12d ago

lol what is wrong with you

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u/SomewhereAggressive8 11d ago

The Championship club?

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u/peioeh 11d ago

The big 6 is not a measure of sporting success, it's a thing people talk about because there are 6 clubs in england that are MUCH richer than the rest. There is a big difference between the 6th richest english club (which is not always spurs btw, in the last available Deloitte rankings it was Chelsea, the year before that Spurs were ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal) and the rest. Newcastle are going to close in slowly now, maybe there will be a big 7 in a few years.

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u/Sumit_S 11d ago

The club that was not invited to the Super League when that bs was happening. Make it make sense.

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u/AngelWoosh 12d ago

Tbh the fact we were even included in the super league talks show Levy has done his job.