Daniel Levy: Tottenham Won’t Sell to Fund Stadium
With Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium under construction and setting the club back £400 million, Spurs’ chairman has reassured supporters that they won’t sell players to fund their new ground.
Daniel Levy means well, when he says that Tottenham won’t sell players to fund their brand new stadium. It’s not a lie, but it’s not exactly the truth either. Spurs will eventually sell. But who will be gone though could be fringe players at the very least. Key members will obviously remain to help continue building on the successful season that Tottenham achieved this past term..
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According to Dan Kilpatrick of ESPN FC, Tottenham are moving closer to securing Wembley Stadium once they officially move out of White Hart Lane for the 2017-18 season and need a temporary ground to play in.
But before that, comes the summer transfer window and what Spurs will do to help bolster their squad after Mauricio Pochettino addressed that his side can’t make expensive transfers because of their new stadium.
Speaking with the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust (THST), it appears that Spurs will be afforded £150 million in funding to work with and sign players to help add depth for the upcoming Champions League football. As well as mount another Premier League title challenge, per Dan Kilpatrick.
“Daniel Levy assured that no player will be sold to fund the stadium…[and] said the intention is to strengthen the squad and to do so as early as possible; it is, though, not always possible to complete deals well ahead of the transfer deadline,” the minutes of Tuesday’s meeting said.
“It is likely to be a tougher transfer window than ever given the extra finance available to all clubs, due to the new TV deal. It was felt Euro 2016 had an impact on timings, but Levy stressed this was the same for all clubs.”
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If this summer will be much more difficult because of the new TV deal, then Tottenham’s five-man transfer committee has to be creative in bolstering their squad without breaking the bank and not getting into a bidding war that will stall other potential deals that could be in the works.
Near the end of the linked article above, Kilpatrick wrote that Mauricio Pochettino has final say on all transfer activities.
So for example, let’s assume that Nabil Bentaleb, Tom Carroll and Ryan Mason won’t cut it for next season’s squad (opinions seem divided but a majority is against them based on talent which is completely reasonable and justified).
Maybe they’re not “Champions League material”, or what have you. But unless Pochettino feels the same way, then all three players may stick around.
It’s not necessarily bad for Tottenham to cut their ties right now with the three aforementioned players. But it’s not bad to keep them either.
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After all, rotation is going to be needed. While Bentaleb, Carroll and Mason haven’t exactly inspired confidence whenever they came onto the pitch as starters or substitutes, it’s quite difficult to sign a young promising player and telling them on day one ‘you’re going to be a bench player; you’re not starting’.
Said players in the transfer window most likely will decline if they won’t be participating as much. After all, their incentive in joining a club in the first place is to help contribute and feel wanted by their coaches and teammates.
If that’s the case, then it’s best to just keep Nabil Bentaleb, Tom Carroll and Ryan Mason and hope that they vastly improve with another year in Mauricio Pochettino’s system. Hence, Daniel Levy’s stance on not selling players this summer.