The man who controls the purse strings? please log in to view this image http://www.tottenblog.com/2012/06/who-are-our-mysterious-overlords-joe.html ENIC Group is a UK investment company, focused on the sports and media sectors. Owned by Daniel Levy and Joe Lewis (through Tavistock Group, of which Levy is a Director). The Tavistock Group is an international private investment company founded by Joe Lewis more than 35 years ago. Headquartered in The Bahamas they have investments in more than 200 companies across 15 countries in sectors including sport and the ENIC Group that owns Spurs. Joe Lewis himself is currently listed by Forbes as the 290th richest person in the world and is 7th in the UK list with a net worth of $3.8 Billion. He spends a couple of months a year working from his yacht, the Aviva III, and has a vast art collection including works by Picasso, Matisse, Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon. Not much else is known of Lewis's secretive personal life as he prefers to keep out of the media spotlight. please log in to view this image Levy in 2001 please log in to view this image Gareth Bale as a youngster
The difference is Hughes had free reign to bring in his players, AVBs were bought in for him by someone else. A massive, massive difference.