Would you like to see Tottenham Hotspur purchased?

[Havocc]

With the increasing trend of football clubs being purchased by wealthy state-backed investors, notably from the Middle East, it’s natural for Tottenham Hotspur fans to wonder about the future of our own club. We’ve seen how clubs like Manchester City and Newcastle United have transformed with significant financial backing from state entities, leading to substantial investment in both the squad and infrastructure.

So, I wanted to open up the discussion: Would you like to see Tottenham Hotspur purchased?

Here are a few angles to consider:

1. Financial Backing: A state-backed takeover could provide the club with immense financial resources. This could mean bigger transfer budgets and the ability to compete at the highest levels for top talent.
2. Identity & Values: Tottenham is a club with a rich history and strong identity. Would such a takeover risk diluting the club’s traditions, or is it possible to maintain our values under new ownership?
3. Ethical Concerns: There are debates surrounding the human rights records and political agendas of some state-backed investors. Do these concerns matter to you as a fan, or are they separate from football?
4. Long-Term Stability: Would state ownership offer more stability than the current ownership model, or could it introduce new uncertainties?

Whatever your stance, this is a major topic with long-term implications for the club we love. I’m curious to hear what everyone thinks. Would you embrace a takeover, or do you think Tottenham should remain in private ownership?

 

[USspur]

Remain private but levy out.

 

[Dave]

Remain private but levy out.

I think it's what most of us would want but if we really want to compete at the top table I think we'll need the state backed investor in order to do that.

I dont like what's been happening to PL clubs over the last 10 years or so with Americans and Middle east ownership being dominant with the top clubs.

In terms of supporting tradition, identity and values ? Owners have one, possibly two agenda's...making money and promoting their own country's financial interests. But I think it is possible to keep the identity and core values of a club but be open to the new era of global football and what's required to facilitate it.

The thing that saddens me is the common fan is under threat imo. If you were to ask any owner "Would you rather the season ticket holder, or the one off tourist" ? They'll want the tourist every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Simply because they'll pay 5 times the price for the ticket, some merchandise, food and whatever else is going. The season ticket holder will be getting off to the pub near home.

The fact is, it's only a matter of time when we have the European Super League. It's inevitable..and big money will be needed to compete in that league. And it WILL happen.

The Ethical debate is an interesting one. Take Newcastle. Controversial owners that have connections to the taliban. Human rights issues and questions over where this money comes from are apparent but.....do the fans care ? If they win the FA Cup, will they care ? Do Man City fans care ? Not really...so if a fella called "Sheik" offers Levy 3 Billion , he'll sell. And yeah we'll all have our reservations. That will last until we get Pep in as manager and signs Rodri and Haaland in his first transfer window.

It's a shallow sport now..

I'll welcome anyone who wants to make us successful but if we can maintain a boundary where the core values and traditions are respected then I would be fine with it, and I think it can be achieved.
In a perfect world I'd want us to be owned privately but....

 

[Yid]

Oh, sports washing... Suck my fat stinky stump to that...!!!

That Arab money will be dealt with by America eventually. They didn't diversify quickly or cleverly enough when the going was good, which is why you see them in football, golf, F1 and a load of other shit in crazy volumes at what appears to be a scatter gun approach.

I also think we've missed the boat as the club has built all the investment out of the infrastructure already... There's no value in it, it's done there's no extension to build, nothing to upgrade apart from the squad and that's a risky investment at absolute best.

Add in the tightening of rules etc we'd still be on the catch up to clubs who jumped sooner.

Are we still a Jewish club...? Our roots are exactly that and Arabs and Jews have a complicated history when it comes to made up sky fairies. Their relationships tends to get a bit aggy and feisty about it all...!

Nah, not for me. As far as I am aware I am still a shareholder (or did they get forced off us by Levy?) and I'd never accept the principles of anyone using our club as a vehicle to wash the tarnished reputation of anyone or any state.

 

[J.spurs]

Agree about the sportwashing. I'd be out. Totally understandable that others might feel differently, especially the regular matchgoers and generational support. But it would be a bridge too far for me.

I think it's far more likely that ENIC will just seek more investment in the club, especially now that, as @Yid says, they've put so much money (much of which was borrowed) into infrastructure. Hard to see Levy and co walking away from that, they'd want a continued stake and control.

 

[Yid]

Also add in that a stipulation of any sale will be that Levy stays on as chairman of the club indefinitely... !

Levy confirmed this in an interview last year.

Cunt.

 

[Havocc]

Wonder if this has any legs, what immediate impact it would make on Spurs.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/amanda-staveley-tottenham-newcastle-investment-33775278

 

[BrooklynYid]

No state money! It should be out of football, and especially our cute little club. Would be fine with a Bezos or Ratcliffe billionaire, but that's my limit. Maybe I'll feel differently over time, but for now a hard no.

 

[SpiderSpurs]

Careful what you wish for.

 

[spurious]

I always wish for things I can't have. I'd like the club to be fan-owned. It's almost certanly impossible, but there are (a few) successful, large corporations that are owned and run by their workers, so why not dream? Failing that, the new regulator should stipulate a certain level of public ownership. Not as high as the 50+1 model, but enough to have a proper say, just like investors to with minority stakes in multinationals. Then it's up to us to agree on what we want. That can't be so hard can it?

 

[USspur]

I tried to buy a share of THFC but I can’t figure out how