from @TransfersCentre Transferfootball twitter BREAKING: Have been told that Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has been sold. Don't know when official announced or by who yet! #THFC Seems highly unlikely don't it? Ran by an Arsenal fan perhaps?
there's been rumours for a few days. no one knows whether it's investment or a takeover, but what ever it is, it's very convenient how "active" we've been this week. talksport dropped a big hint last week which was supposed to be announced wednesday this week, but never was. then there was rumours that the news was stopped due to spurs lawyers getting involved. - could that have been news of the takeover? it could all be clever stories, but there's no smoke without fire...
You were moving forward on transfers before AVB came in though, and contracts, that doesn't suggest an imminent takeover (unless they've had input). Investment never a bad thing, especially with your stadium situation still to be sorted, if I was a Spurs fan, I'd want Levy to stick around for a long time, there's not many clubs fortunate enough to have someone who gives a **** pulling the strings!
Good sources suggested that Avb was active within the club about 3 weeks before he was announced. Everything we're seeing recently is the confirmation of what's been going on behind the scenes for awhile. apparently its a £100m investment and has something to do with the naming rights for the stadium. we'll have to wait and see.
Can't see it being a buy out and even if it were the only rumours I've seen that go into detail suggest Levy would remain as chairman. I think it's someone trying to get some advertising for their site/Twitter/whatever by getting everyone's attention. Significant investment seems likely and I said as much when 'Arry was sacked, although I thought it might have come from Joe Lewis' pocket.
All seems plausible. I'm convinced something happened to convince Bale to stay, after the 'no CL a problem' quotes. Major investment would do it (and an extra 50k a week!)
i've said it in a few posts this week mate, but there's a talksport interview from earlier in the week where Graham Roberts is being interviewed. his source within the club has told him a few things, which he repeated on the radio. one of them was bale. He casually said something on the lines of bale earning 100kp/w. - so yes, i expect that was a good incentive!
Fair, but anyone would have given Bale 100k a week, and he could have gone to a CL team, unquestionably. It's obvious he's quite settled anyway, but there is a hint of him having been convinced of bigger things to come, despite Harry departing.
As has been said, who knows? Certainly not us. All is possible in today's crazy football world - the only world that seems to be totally unaffected by recession. if there's any truth in this, the one thing that seems certain is that it will be Arab oil money - from somewhere!.
http://www.caughtoffside.com/2012/0...s-qatari-consortium-eyes-premier-league-deal/ Tottenham Hotspur Could Be Set For £200m Investment As Qatari Consortium Eyes Premier League Deal The Qatari consortium that owns mega-rich Paris Saint-Germain is interested in buying 25 per cent of Tottenham Hotspur. The group are keen to invest in the Premier League and have held discussions with ENIC – the company that owns a majority stake in Spurs – and Chairman Daniel Levy. UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations restrict the group from purchasing any more than 25 per cent of another European club due to their ownership of PSG. But the move will still be a significant boost for the north Londoners and should mean new boss Andre Villas-Boas has up to £200 million to splash on wages and transfer fees this summer. The move is likely to mark a change in policy at White Hart Lane. Spurs have been notoriously thrifty in recent seasons and last January former boss Harry Redknapp was restricted to bringing in veterans Ryan Nelsen and Louis Saha on free transfers. This summer, the north Londoners have already beaten Liverpool to the signature of Gylfi Sigurdsson, reportedly by offering him a significant wage packet and this could be a sign of things to come. Under the deal, Levy will remain as chairman and ENIC will continue to hold a majority share of the club.
