Mega-rich Qatari investors ‘plotting Tottenham takeover’ – but could give Daniel Levy controversial role

TOTTENHAM are the taxable of takeover involvement from a consortium of Qatari investors, according to reports.

But the caller imaginable owners could springiness president Daniel Levy a arguable role.

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Daniel Levy could beryllium handed a daze relation astatine Tottenham successful a caller Qatari takeover[/caption]

The investors are reported to privation implicit power of the North London club.

However, according to The Guardian, they are consenting to manus Levy a semipermanent declaration to proceed moving Spurs arsenic enforcement chairman.

Levy, 63, has travel nether dense scrutiny from fans aft a dismal play has near Spurs down successful 14th successful the Premier League table, with fans chanting “Levy out” successful the stadium.

He has been the antheral steering the vessel astatine the nine since 2001, erstwhile existent bulk owners Enic bought 29.9 per cent of the nine from Alan Sugar earlier gaining afloat power six years later.

Following the operation of a caller £1billion stadium, Spurs’ yearly income has been boosted to much than £500m, making them 1 of the richest clubs connected the planet.

It is this expertise the caller investors are seeking to retain.

That means Levy’s occupation would stay efficaciously unchanged adjacent if Enic, who present ain 86.91 per cent of the club, go a number shareholder.

The projected buyout has a fig of exemplary plans for however it could instrumentality place.

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One of these is simply a phased takeover.

Spurs are valued astatine astir £3.75bn.

Tottenham person been openly seeking extracurricular concern for immoderate time, with suitors successful America and the Middle East taking peculiar announcement of the opportunity.

Levy himself has held talks with respective Qatari parties without closing a deal.

The individuality of the Qatari-bidders is unclear, but the study adds the radical are backstage investors alternatively than the government-backed Qatar Sports Investment (QSI) oregon Sheikh Jassim who tried to bargain Manchester United.

QSI discussed a naming-rights woody with Tottenham for their caller stadium earlier approaching them for talks astir a number ownership share.

In 2023 the Financial Times reported however Iranian-American billionaire Jahm Najafi was preparing a bid.