The Daniel Levy paradox: He wouldn't have let Spurs slide so far, but is culpable for that decline

Last month, Tottenham Hotspur’s chief executive, Vinai Venkatesham, effectively laid the blame for the club’s plight squarely at the door of former executive chairman Daniel Levy.In a meeting with the club’s Fan Advisory Board (FAB) in early March, Venkatesham revealed that an internal review had highlighted a catalogue of failings during the Levy era, including “insufficient focus… on on-pitch success”; “a wage structure and player transaction approach that had impacted competitiveness in the transfer market”; a squad “lacking quality, experience and leadership”; and “an internal culture requiring improvement”.Advertisement