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Well they did, and they cheated the FFPR as they did so with one of the shadiest dirty off-shore "sponsorship" owner related deals ever conducted - sadly, of course the penalty did not fit the crime.
They should at the end of the 3 years period (this season) be stripped of the title - unless fraud and financial skullduggery is dealt with by the way of the toughest possible sanctions, it will continue.
read this as a backgrounder, it gets even murkier with recent investigations:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/11/leicester-city-finances-football-league-financial-fair-play-investigation
freundorfoe
Vital 1st Team Regular
Is that a joke? They're owned by a billionaire, lol. We are too, but to imply they got the title off the back of hard work and pixy dust rather than £100M+ worth of investment from a billionaire is incorrect.
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SPURS MEDIA WATCH
CHAIRMAN AWARDED CEO OF THE YEAR
Posted on 2 November 2017 - 22:45
Club Chairman, Daniel Levy, has received the CEO of the Year Award at the Football Business Awards.
The Awards, which are now in their sixth year, recognise and reward the hard work that takes place to support the success of the game.
Daniel is the longest serving Chairman in the Premier League and has taken the Club to its highest Premier League finish and back to back qualification for the UEFA Champions League.
He continues to be the driving force behind our new stadium development and the regeneration of Tottenham.
CHAIRMAN AWARDED CEO OF THE YEAR
Posted on 2 November 2017 - 22:45
Club Chairman, Daniel Levy, has received the CEO of the Year Award at the Football Business Awards.
The Awards, which are now in their sixth year, recognise and reward the hard work that takes place to support the success of the game.
Daniel is the longest serving Chairman in the Premier League and has taken the Club to its highest Premier League finish and back to back qualification for the UEFA Champions League.
He continues to be the driving force behind our new stadium development and the regeneration of Tottenham.
freundorfoe
Vital 1st Team Regular
lol
Commander Winksy
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What will determine whether the 8/10 i gave Daniel Levy remains my opinion will be if we see a sell off like Monaco did last year. It will be 8 to zero in a hurry.
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In regard to your name......just wondering if you should drop the "y" or change the "i" to an "a".
I guess time will tell.
:101:
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Time and persistence.
Commander Winksy
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A personal attack :22: I owe you one at a later date :14:
Nick Real Deal
Vital Football Legend
It's for the year. We graded him for his overall performance so far. 5s and 6s still generous over his tenure.
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It would be interesting to know what people do for a living and I suspect we would see a trend.
Building a successful business, or even more difficult - taking the role of a MD at a business someone else owns and making it successful, might give you a different insight as to the challenges this process brings.
His mission and limitations were clear - improve the club professionally and financially within a profitable revenue. Any issue with this should be directed at Lewis, not Levy.
Financially we have become one of the 10 richest clubs in the world, which means that only 10 clubs in Europe can pay more wages, we have new training facilities and we are building a new stadium. All of this debt free.
Unfortunately for us, 5 of the clubs in the top 10 happen to be English.
Professionally, when Levy took a Spurs side in 2001 which consistently finished in the bottom part of the table and was lucky to get more than 11 wins a season. We gradually transformed to a top part team, then top 6 and now top 4. In the last 6 seasons we haven't dropped below 19 wins a season, averaging 21 and breaking our record placing it at 26. Yet some fans claim we are not building a winning mentality.
We have some of the best players in the continent, seeing players coming from our world class academy (Kane, Winks) and also a superb scouting system which helped us get top players before they exploded (Ali, Dier, Rose) as well as other world class players at ridiculous fees (Toby, Verts, Eriksen, Lloris).
We can't buy success, that's not how our owner wants it. Instead we are building success and that takes time. In the 15 years he has been here he took us from an irrelevant bottom table into a proper club positioned to win things. There is no other club in Europe that i can think of that achieved the same without a sugar daddy. None.
Anyone who expects instant success really has no clue how a business works, and Spurs are a Billion pound business now.
Well done Mr Levy.
Building a successful business, or even more difficult - taking the role of a MD at a business someone else owns and making it successful, might give you a different insight as to the challenges this process brings.
His mission and limitations were clear - improve the club professionally and financially within a profitable revenue. Any issue with this should be directed at Lewis, not Levy.
Financially we have become one of the 10 richest clubs in the world, which means that only 10 clubs in Europe can pay more wages, we have new training facilities and we are building a new stadium. All of this debt free.
Unfortunately for us, 5 of the clubs in the top 10 happen to be English.
Professionally, when Levy took a Spurs side in 2001 which consistently finished in the bottom part of the table and was lucky to get more than 11 wins a season. We gradually transformed to a top part team, then top 6 and now top 4. In the last 6 seasons we haven't dropped below 19 wins a season, averaging 21 and breaking our record placing it at 26. Yet some fans claim we are not building a winning mentality.
We have some of the best players in the continent, seeing players coming from our world class academy (Kane, Winks) and also a superb scouting system which helped us get top players before they exploded (Ali, Dier, Rose) as well as other world class players at ridiculous fees (Toby, Verts, Eriksen, Lloris).
We can't buy success, that's not how our owner wants it. Instead we are building success and that takes time. In the 15 years he has been here he took us from an irrelevant bottom table into a proper club positioned to win things. There is no other club in Europe that i can think of that achieved the same without a sugar daddy. None.
Anyone who expects instant success really has no clue how a business works, and Spurs are a Billion pound business now.
Well done Mr Levy.
Nick Real Deal
Vital Football Legend
I don't think anyone does expect instant success but it hasn't been and still isn't cos we havnt won anything. How many managers has he been through before stumbling over the right one ? If you use the argument that he has learnt along the way....sorry what he is earning his education should be paid for already.
freundorfoe
Vital 1st Team Regular
Hi Nick,
which Chairman do you think has a better track record with managers?
Not defending DL necessarily... just wondering whose appointments have been better?
which Chairman do you think has a better track record with managers?
Not defending DL necessarily... just wondering whose appointments have been better?
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He still took too long. But the results are great.
The Olympic Stadium appeared to set us back a couple of years at least.
The Olympic Stadium appeared to set us back a couple of years at least.
Spursex
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It's funny, I think the Olympic stadium made us; it was the kick in the b*alls for the local council that we were seriously looking to do a new build, and if necessary to build away from Tottenham and the surrounding area - without that shock and wake up call, which included the local MP finally realising we were serious, none of the politicians would have got off their arses and made things happen...
Was it a calculated move to get the local and London politicians including the local MP to finally get with the regeneration project / program?
If it was a calculated move, as I believe it to be, it was a seminal moment in Levy's learning curve, if it wasn't, then it was a massive piece of luck leading to incredible unforeseen outcomes.
I'm pretty sure, I know what answer is more accurate.
