Anyway, here's why Daniel Levy is arguably the greatest Premier League chairman of a generation – and why Spurs fans should be wary about what comes next.
Large portions of the Tottenham fanbase became disillusioned with Levy's apparent penny-pinching and perceived failure to re-invest commercial windfalls. His lack of ambition ultimately yielded a dusty trophy cabinet. And that has made everyone cross.
However, while no chairman is without blemish, certainly not after almost a quarter of a century running the joint, Levy should go down as one of the most positively influential people in Tottenham Hotspur Football Club history. Here's why.
Spurs had finished in the bottom-half on five consecutive occasions, with one League Cup trophy in a decade. The 1980s represented a purple patch and there were, of course, great glories in previous generations, but in the Premier League era, Spurs simply attended the party and left without making a scene.
In parallel to generally raising standards throughout the club, Levy earned his reputation for being one of the shrewdest sellers around, extracting close to £90 million for Gareth Bale, still inside the top 10 fees ever received by a British team.
Missing out on Eberechi Eze to rivals Arsenal was a clear, uncharacteristic failure, though clear details of precisely how the deal imploded remain in-house.
Now, is it more difficult to reach a final, or win one? Levy was not responsible for Ben Thatcher's rebound into the path of Matt Jansen to opening the scoring in the 2002 final, nor did he cause time to stand still to allow Brad Friedel a chance to deny Les Ferdinand's header from becoming an equaliser.
He did not miss a penalty in the 2009 shootout against Manchester United, nor did the ball deflect off his leg over a well-positioned Hugo Lloris to gift Chelsea the advantage in the 2015 final, nor did the ball strike his arm after 24 seconds of the 2019 Champions League final to hand Liverpool a penalty and drastically change the course of the game.
Had a handful of moments fallen the other way, Levy could be stepping down with a Champions League win and five League Cup trophies to accompany the Europa League title. And surely an unrivalled legacy among Spurs fans? In fact, he wouldn't be stepping down at all.
Tottenham are widely regarded among the big six teams in the biggest league in world football. Their stadium – strangely used as a stick to beat Spurs with because it can't play up front or hit top bins in cup finals – is among the best in the world, custom-built to maximise revenue streams, an essential part of the PSR era that does precisely fall under the remit of the chairman. Their state-of-the-art training ground rivals any in the world.
Spurs are, in essence, Andy Murray. Competing at the top in an era of GOATs, with an overall record that doesn't do the underlying work justice and would have shone brighter without the fitness issues.
The former pair were both relegated as recently as 2016. Newcastle ended a SEVENTY-YEAR wait for a major domestic trophy in 2025, while Villa have gone without silver since 1996.
During the Levy era, Tottenham fans have watched Leeds implode, Sunderland go to the brink, West Ham still fail to articulate what The West Ham Way actually is, and Leicester enjoy a 5000/1 season, receive their flowers and march back to obscurity.
To crack into the upper echelons is one thing, to stay there has been a whole other success story. Maybe a successor will build on solid foundations to increase the flow of silver, or maybe a successor, armed with a mandate to win trophies, will spend reckless sums and undermine the work done so far. This should be a nervous time for the fans.
Spurs' consistency under Levy has been, by metrics purged of entitlement, an incredible triumph since 2001. But for his leadership, the Premier League would boast a 'big five' – and Tottenham Hotspur would not be part of it.
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