Tottenham need a leader who suits their style – but it’s not clear Daniel Levy has the requisite vision to pierce the gloom
ottenham stand at a crossroads. But then they always do. They have been standing at a crossroads for at least 50 years. And while some roads lead through cup finals and hopeful vistas and others through gloom and Tim Sherwood this, perhaps, is the true history of the Tottenham: life as a series of crossroads that lead always, eventually, back to another crossroads somewhere in the Valley of Not-Quite-There.
The reputation for Spursiness, their capacity to falter at key moments, is not unearned, but Tottenham do win quite a lot of these decisive games. They did it last season against Arsenal, but it is Arsenal who are challenging for the title. Which is where Daniel Levy is due sympathy. City and Newcastle have spent astutely. There has been little waste. But the great advantage in effect limitless wealth offers is that clubs can afford to make mistakes. A season outside the Champions League does not have a devastating impact on spending.
It is an indication of the shifting patterns of wealth that the five English clubs providing stadiums for the Euro 2028 bid are City, Spurs, Newcastle, Aston Villa and Everton, a group that would take some explaining to a visitor from 20 years ago – and in Everton’s case, may take some explaining in 2028.
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