Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy believes that distractions exterior the sector have seen the membership lose some vital priorities out of sight this season.
Spurs are actually formally in search of a spot within the Champions League subsequent season and may merely miss European soccer collectively – and even worse, they’ll qualify for the Europa Convention League.
Daniel Levy admits that it has been a unhealthy marketing campaign for the membership Julian Finney / Getty Photos
Levy believes that off-field distractions akin to the building of the brand new area and the coronavirus pandemic have seen the membership lose sight of their priorities, though he denies that they don’t care concerning the followers after the Tremendous League debacle.
“We’ve not lived as much as our expectations on the pitch,” he informed BBC Sport. “We’ve been so centered on delivering the world and coping with the consequences of the pandemic that I really feel we now have misplaced some vital priorities and what is basically in our DNA.
“We don’t get all the pieces proper. It has by no means been as a result of we don’t care about or respect our followers – nothing may be farther from the reality.”
Levy couldn’t conceal his disappointment when requested about Spurs’ overwhelming marketing campaign, though he was fast to reject proposals an absence of funding has hampered their progress.
“Since dropping the Champions League last in June 2019, we now have invested greater than £ 250 million in new gamers,” he mentioned. “Everybody had excessive hopes for the group we had gathered. Sadly, regardless of being at the highest of the Premier League in December, we now have not been in a position to take care of that place.”
“We reached the Carabao Cup last, however we had a disappointing exit from the Europa League and are actually struggling to qualify for Europe, having competed in European competitors for 14 of the final 15 seasons.”
Levy additionally refused to invest that Harry Kane would transfer away from Tottenham, claiming that the membership’s solely focus straight away is to nominate their new supervisor.
“Central to our ambitions is a profitable soccer crew,” he added. “We’re very conscious of the necessity to select somebody whose values replicate the values of our nice membership and return to taking part in soccer with the model we’re identified for – free flowing, attacking and entertaining.”
