It would be fair to say that Daniel Levy has faced a great deal of criticism during his tenure as Tottenham Hotspur chairman, but one of his fellow board members has now offered an insight into how Levy operates.
Jonathan Turner, a Non-Executive Director at Tottenham, has been speaking to Business of Sport, and he lavished Levy with praise for his hard working attitude and the way he has taken hits over the years.
He said: “I think Daniel is one of the best entrepreneurs I’ve ever worked with. He is an incredibly good listener. He has a very long term perspective and the best founders I’ve ever worked with are ones who really have something in the long term that they want to try and achieve.
“They’re okay taking the ups and downs and the slings and arrows and the criticism and all the rest of it along the way. If you’re involved with football you have to have a thick skin, and he has a thick skin. He is a very kind and generous person, so it’s good to be around.
“But the other thing is that he works amazingly hard. If I’m in California and I call him at two o’clock in the morning, in London, I’ll get one of two things. Either he’ll pick up the phone and say, Hi, how are you? Or he’ll, he’ll send me a text saying, I’m just on the other line, I’ll call you back. And that’s unusual in any industry, it is a 24/7 business.”
Levy has endured rather vitriolic chants and protests from the club’s fans in recent years, largely down to how he runs the club and due to a perceived lack of investment in the playing squad.
There has even been murmurs of a potential takeover down the line, with investors thought to be interested in buying a stake in Tottenham (Daily Mail).
However, it is thought that, in this situation, Levy would prefer to remain in control of the club even if new investors were to come in (TBR Football).
Spurs Web Opinion
I don’t think anyone would ever claim that Daniel Levy is not hard-working, and he’s certainly a very shrewd businessman.
We just need to see a bit more of a football-led approach from him and the rest of the board, but hopefully, that tide is turning now given the appointments over the past year or so.
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