Tottenham Hotspur made a very abrupt decision just days after the conclusion of the summer 2025 transfer window, parting ways with long-time chairman Daniel Levy in an effort to change the direction of the club.
The move was predictably met with cheers from a Tottenham fanbase that had grown increasingly frustrated with Levy's decisions and inability to get the London powerhouse club competing at a level that a club of their stature should.
There was another aspect of Levy's management that was becoming increasingly problematic for Tottenham and their ability to sign the best possible transfer targets in world football. Levy's negotiation skills were holding the team back, as he had difficulty closing key transfers and was even antagonizing other clubs at the bargaining table with his miserly tactics.
The Independent's Miguel Delaney has backed up that prevailing belief among Tottenham fans that was boiling in the background constantly throughout the transfer window. Delaney reports that Spurs, in part, made the decision to remove Daniel Levy this September because there were multiple Premier League clubs that were so frustrated with negotiating with Levy that they flat-out did not want to get into talks with Tottenham at all.
Tottenham missed out on a trio of top signings
None of that is necessarily surprising to Tottenham fans. Levy already had that reputation, and it makes Spurs fans wonder if that's why the club had so many difficulties closing deals for key transfer targets this summer.
For example, Tottenham didn't get involved in the race for big targets at the beginning of the window like Bryan Mbeumo. Then, the lost out on Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze near the end, and while that had more to do with Nottingham Forest's antics and Arsenal outsmarting Spurs, respectively, you can't help but wonder if Levy's nickeling and diming played a role in the delayed talks and inability close the deal.
There are other, better reasons for firing Levy, but when things are not going well with someone in charge and people in the building are getting more and more frustrated over time, it's the little things like this that lead to bigger things and get magnified.
Tottenham fans won't miss Levy at all, and it seems fair to say that the other decision-makers at N17 won't either. There were likely big transfers Tottenham wanted to get done within the Premier League, most namely Savinho from Manchester City, and Levy's penchant for lowballing top clubs likely got in the way of Spurs making any real headway.