Ben Jacobs gives warning to any potential deal for minority stake in Spurs

High profile British journalist, Ben Jacobs, has spoken out about one potential stumbling block that could prevent Amanda Staveley and her backers from achieveing their persuit to buy a minority stake in Tottenham Hotspur.

There have been a number of reports over the last few weeks and months that have suggested Staveley, who was previously involved with Newcastle United after their ownership change back in 2021, is trying to purchase a stake in Spurs.

Staveley, 51, is backed by serious money from the Middle East, according to Football Insider and has apparently already spoken with Daniel Levy, to negotiate buying a 25% stake in the club.

However, Jacobs has pointed out an issue when it comes to Levy accepting a bid from Staveley and her backers. According to him, Levy is not keen on selling to a consortium that would then in turn look to increase their investment and complete a full takeover in the future, which Staveley could be keen on.

Speaking to outlet GiveMeSport, Jacobs said "Staveley is quite interesting, because if we again remember that first and foremost she’s a broker, for any stake she takes in a club she would always have the capacity to find other investors or scale up an investment because of her network. So this is the key thing that we have to understand with Tottenham at the moment.

Is Daniel Levy going to entertain somebody that might buy small now without much practical or day-to-day say, but wants bigger responsibility, or stake, or other partners to come in the future?

Or is this more like an FSG [The owners of Liverpool] investment – surrounding a small minority stake to a more silent, strategic investor to allow the club to be on a firm financial footing – but to be run in the same way as it is now? And at the moment, I’m told it’s the latter.”