Tottenham fans have been warned by Alasdair Gold not to expect a cash injection from Joe Lewis to help the club through dire financial times.
The club face mammoth debts of £852m, detailed in this weekend’s Sun, and investment into the squad, already frugle at the best of times, is expected to be hindered by Covid-19 losses and the absence of the Champions League.
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Lewis, 83, has an estimated net worth of £4.358 billion, according to The Times rich list from 2019, an increase of £462m on the previous year, but Football London journalist Gold thinks it would be well out of character for the ENIC owner to come to the rescue this summer with a bag full of cash.
This is hardly a surprise. A football person would know now is the time to take a personal financial hit for the good of the club. We have a manager proven to win trophies with investment and the anticipated state of the transfer market may be a great equaliser for some of our biggest rivals.
But Lewis will continue to line his own pockets while Jose struggles on scraps and leaves us floundering in mid-table, through no fault of his own.
