Tottenham Hotspur managed to escape relegation with a 1-0 win over Everton, but it is abdunantly clear that major changes are needed at the club after an embarrassing 2025/26 season. A club of Spurs stature and financial might, with the fans and the stadium they have, should never even be near contention for the relegation fight and should always, always be competing for European places at the very least.
Spurs ousted Chairman Daniel Levy at the end of the summer 2025 transfer window and actually went backwards as a club, with ENIC failing to deliver on any of what the club told their fans. CEO Vinai Venkatesham and acting sporting director Johan Lange were both quite poor as a tag team in charge of Spurs, with the decision to keep Thomas Frank long past his expiration date irking Tottenham fans the most.
Tottenham need a return to their values
Recently, former star center back Toby Alderweireld proclaimed in an interview with The Times that he would be interested in returning to Spurs if they called him up and needed him. And now, Tom Allnutt is reporting for The Times that Tottenham are considering bringing back former players in front office roles. They have apparently taken notice after what Alderweireld said publicly, but the most specific name they are looking at is Ben Davies, whom they think highly of. Davies could be in line for a front office or coaching role.
Davies suffered a season ending injury in the winter that effectively spelled his Tottenham Hotspur career as a player, but he has always been a loyal part of the club and, if anything, only enhanced his reputation to many fans after the injury. The Wales international was always there for the team, constantly asking to be in the thick of things during the relegation fight and with his teammates. And even before Roberto De Zerbi took the manager job, Davies's name was floated around as a potential hire.
There are a lot of great clubs around European football that specifically go for players who were once at the club to be in key executive or coaching roles. Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, and so many others have benefited from former players becoming legendary coaches and executives or even just underrated members of the staff who carry on tradition and hold high standards at the club. Spurs are missing that, and having two leaders in these former defenders Davies and Alderweireld, as well as others, could help bring that missing sense of unity and even just common sense in the office.
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