Former Tottenham Hotspur player Jermaine Jenas has been speaking to FourFourTwo about the current ownership of the club, and insists there are some positives to Daniel Levy’s reign as chairman.
Levy has been the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur since 2001 and is now the longest-standing chairman in the Premier League. He operates in this role on behalf of the ENIC group, owned by Joe Lewis.
Since ENIC and Levy took over, Spurs have established themselves as one of the ‘big six’ clubs in England and now have one of the best stadiums in the world.
However, the North London side have won just one trophy under the current regime, the League Cup in 2008.
Many fans are now increasingly frustrated with a seeming lack of ambition from the owners to invest in the team and truly make Spurs a force to be reckoned with at the very top level.
Protests against the current owners have intensified of late (The Athletic).
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However, Jenas, who was part of the cup-winning squad in 2008, feels there is plenty to appreciate in how Levy has run the club over the years.
He said: “I’m optimistic – I do think though that when I was at Newcastle, Tottenham were a midtable team.
“When Daniel Levy took over, it was the year before I came to the club. Then all of a sudden, they were signing Michael Carrick, Jermain Defoe, Edgar Davids, these types of players and challenging for Champions League football.
“What he’s done is not all bad and I think they need to remember to an extent that they are now a football club that is looked upon as a superclub in the league, essentially.
“As great a club as Tottenham Hotspur have been historically, in the Premier League era, they weren’t that for a period of time.”
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There’s no denying that Levy has overseen a great shift in the status of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, and he has been incredible at helping the club grow in a commercial sense.
However, there seems to be an acceptance to just stagnate as a top-six side rather than pushing on to become the very best, and that is so disheartening to see.
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