Fresh claims have emerged regarding Daniel Levy’s stance on selling his Tottenham Hotspur shares, with Simon Jordan offering insight into a private exchange between the pair.
Daniel Levy’s departure as Tottenham Hotspur chairman earlier this season did not end his official ties to Spurs.
The former Tottenham chairman still holds a significant 29.88 per cent stake in ENIC, which itself owns an 86.91 per cent majority share in the north London club.
However, there has been talk about Levy wanting to sell his shares, with speculation suggesting there are interested parties.
Those reports were quickly watered down, with claims that Levy’s shares are worth closer to around £800m, after questions were raised about his initial £1 billion valuation. Even buying them out would reportedly not come with any voting rights at Tottenham or a place on the club’s board.
Daniel Levy stepped down from his role as Executive Chairman last September
Speaking on talkSPORT, Simon Jordan has now revealed that he spoke with Daniel Levy during a recent flight.
Explaining that he had briefly spoken to Levy to understand his position, Jordan suggested the former chairman’s opinion is there is more noise than substance around the interest.
He said: “I had a very brief exchange with Daniel, he was on a flight, just to get some sort of understanding of where he is in it all so that you can get some degree from the horse’s mouth. And his opinion is these guys do not have the money and are creating noise and publicity.”
Jordan went on to give his own opinions and hypotheses on the situation, although it sounds like these particular predictions were unconfirmed by Levy himself.
He said on the former Tottenham chairman: “So, whether that is the positioning from Daniel about the fact that he wants to call their bluff, I mean listen, let us be clear, he will sell his shares in ENIC. You know that is what he will do if the price is met.
“There is pressure, I suspect, is on Daniel because we have seen the noise. We saw some of the suggestions that they are going to go and review the policies of a guy that they let run the club for 25 years, so they are going to go in there and look at the transfer policy and the economics and how the efficiencies of commercial deals were done, oh really?
“Okay, good enough, that really is about probably denigrating Daniel’s reputation and potentially causing him to be put in a corner legally defending himself and making aggravation value in my view. But as far as pressure is concerned, I do not know, maybe Daniel wants a billion quid, but who wouldn’t?
“And maybe he has other ventures to invest in, maybe he wants another football club, maybe he wants to get involved with F1, who knows?”
Spurs uncertainty continues after Daniel Levy’s exit
Levy’s departure was supposed to usher in a new era both on and off the pitch, but chaos remains.
Tottenham have barely made any improvement since the former chairman’s departure, as they currently find themselves in a relegation dogfight.
The poor domestic form has also brought about further uncertainty elsewhere, with one sponsor set to depart Tottenham at the end of the season.
Fans will continue to demand the best from those who run the club, but the trajectory so far inspires little confidence about the direction Tottenham is currently heading.