Daniel Levy and those like him have been attacked by former Tottenham gaffer, André Villas-Boas on the Keys and Gray podcast. The Portuguese pulled no punches, even claiming that the Spurs chairman didn’t even have the balls to ride out the storm that surrounded the European Super League fiasco.
I take a view that the claim of extravagance is absolutely spot on. Andre, like most of the rest of the footballing world, knows that one develops a team first, as opposed to focusing on ‘positioning’ a club as a brand.
Without disappearing down a rabbit hole of Daniel Levy’s flaws, this is a crucial aspect when thinking about who the next Spurs coach might be. How many people are the right fit for a football club where football routinely comes second?
The direction of travel adopted by Levy has failed to yield any silverware, yet the CEO is still going through managers like socks. Perhaps a review of priorities is called for?