End of the Daniel Levy Era

4th September 2025, 17:45. Tottenham Hotspur announce the departure of Executive Chairman Daniel Levy.

25 years of being Chairman of the greatest football club in the world has come to an end. This is one of the biggest and most shocking announcements Tottenham have made since Mauricio Pochettino was sacked. I don’t even know where to begin because I am almost still in a state of shock. Daniel Levy is no longer chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, a controversial figure at the club responsible for many things both good and bad. When we look back on his time at Tottenham Hotspur, I think most people will remember him for the “so caused pain he caused fans”. To be honest, I never understood it, and that could be because I always approach things trying to understand both sides. You will have a large part of the fanbase rejoicing in his exodus, but also a portion of the fanbase being a little upset he’s gone. I’m always on the fence because I understand some of the decisions he’s made, but also some of those decisions have resulted in our failures. But let’s look at some of the biggest on-field decisions made by Tottenham Hotspur while Daniel Levy has been at the helm. Granted, some of these will be past 2007 (when I started supporting Tottenham), so bear with me.

Firing Martin Jol

Daniel Levy was widely criticised for this decision, as many thought the treatment of Jol was unjustified, as Jol was seen as a cult hero for Tottenham fans. Levy later admitted it was a mistake to fire Jol, who led Tottenham to 2 Top 5 finishes in the league. Juande Ramos was hired as his replacement and would go on to help Tottenham win the 2008 League Cup over Chelsea, which would then be the last trophy for Spurs until 2025.

Signing Luka Modric

Football fans will remember Luka as one of the greatest midfielders of our generation after his consistent standout performances for Real Madrid spanning 13 years, winning multiple La Liga and Champions League titles, also winning the 2018 Balon d’Or, being the first player, since Kaka in 2007, who is not named Messi or Ronaldo. Tottenham fans, however, we already knew what Luka would go on to achieve. We could see the raw technical ability, the way he could dictate play, spraying the ball all over the field, gliding past players in such a tough, physical league like the Premier League; he really was an underrated star before his big £33m move to Real Madrid, which could have been a big money move to Chelsea if Levy had given into Abramoviches pursuit. Thankfully, he didn’t, but as Modric pushed for a move away, Levy settled for his exit to Madrid, where he would go on to achieve great things.

The Magnificent Seven

Gareth Bale is one of the greatest players to put on that lily white shirt, and after securing his €100m move to Real Madrid, Daniel Levy knew he had to use that money wisely. He did not. I think we all know there was only one player who was worthwhile from the infamous 7, and that was Christian Eriksen. I think most fans will look back on that and wonder how we weren’t able to make better use of that money, as we had just lost one of our greatest ever players. Needless to say, it was not a good time during that 2013/14 season, although those hard times spawned our next greatest player, Harry Kane. Probably the only positive from that season.

Firing Mauricio Pochettino/Dybala fiasco

One of Tottenham’s longest-serving managers, who had the reins as head coach from the 2014/15 season till November in the 2019/20 season. We were going through a rough time in the first half of that season, but before then, Tottenham were a powerhouse in the Premier League, finishing 3rd (2015/16), 2nd (2016/17), 3rd again (2017/18), and 4th (2018/19) with a Champions League final. We were supposed to kick on in the 2019/20 season, build on the fact that we’d made a Champions League Final. Most notably, we nearly secured the signing of Argentine midfielder Paulo Dybala, which excited the majority of the fanbase, but after some difficulties with naming rights for Paulo after a fee had been agreed, Tottenham backed out after not wanting to pay more money on top of the €65m fee agreed. This decision angered almost every fan, after the replacements of Lo Celso and Ndombele reaped absolutely no rewards.

Rebuild with Postecoglou

It was clear at the start of the 2023/24 Premier League season that Tottenham were starting over; Harry Kane, arguably Tottenham’s greatest player, was sold. Tottenham hired a new manager, who didn’t have the same European pedigree as previous managers, Ange Postecoglou, and the squad was being gutted to make way for the new breed of players, which saw five new starting players. I call this decision one of the biggest because if Ange had never been hired. I don’t think we win the 2025 Europa League, and although Ange was fired the next season, after we finished 17th in the Premier League, say what you will, but Levy’s decisions also won us that title, and several factors go into that. Ange, the players, the Stadium Levy, built and much more.

In conclusion, am I happy Levy is gone? Yes and no. Yes, because I feel he’d outgrown his purpose, and I think that purpose was to get Tottenham to a point where we could fight to be one of the European powerhouses in the football world. We are one of the highest valued football clubs in the world after we started as a mid-table Premier League club, selling off star players, and now we buy those stars from other clubs, and we deserve to be at the top, and the only way we stay there and continue winning trophies is without Levy. And lastly, No, because for the reason I must stated, Levy made us a top 6 football club, Tottenham Hotspur were a mid-table club when I started supporting them, now, we win trophies and are expected to be fighting for European spots, splashing big on great players and fighting the Elite clubs who’ve had hundreds of millions injected from their owners so their clubs stay at the top. We, Tottenham Hotspur, are at the top because we got there the right way; we didn’t need state-owned money to get there. We got there because we are THAT club. We are pitching a tent because we’re going to be here for a long time. GOYS.