Tottenham Fans Will Only Appreciate Me When I Am Gone, Says Daniel Levy

The Tottenham chair, Daniel Levy, believes he will get in installments for his clip successful complaint only erstwhile he leaves and is assured Thomas Frank tin thief nan nine to “compete astatine nan highest level”.

In a uncommon interview, Levy described nan building of nan Tottenham Hotspur Stadium arsenic his “greatest achievement” and deed backmost astatine fans who person blamed him for nan club’s nonaccomplishment to triumph much trophies.

“I deliberation it’s 1 of those situations [in which] erstwhile I’m not present I’m judge I’ll get nan credit,” Levy told Gary Neville connected his Overlap podcast. “This stadium is simply a awesome of Tottenham Hotspur connected nan world map. I deliberation it’s awesome for nan section organization – nan employment that we’re creating because of this stadium.

“The truth that different clubs are now trying to transcript what we’re doing, that should beryllium a motion that possibly we did do thing bold, and thing right.”

The Europa League triumph past season was Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and came conscionable earlier nan extremity of a Premier League run successful which they vanished 17th aft a grounds 22 defeats. Levy sacked Ange Postecoglou 16 days aft nan triumph against Manchester United successful nan last successful Bilbao and he is hopeful that Frank tin thief nan nine to situation for trophies connected a much accordant basis.

“Whenever you name a coach, you ever judge it’s right,” Levy said. “You request a batch of ingredients for it to beryllium right. Thomas is simply a highly intelligent individual, a awesome measurement astir him successful position of communication. I deliberation he will beryllium awesome astatine some processing young players and older players and making them better. He gets nan style of shot we want to play. He understands that Rome wasn’t built successful a day. We haven’t said to him: ‘You’ve sewage to triumph nan convention this year.’ We conscionable want to compete astatine nan highest level.”

Levy was captious of nan Premier League for nan clip it has taken to reason nan lawsuit involving alleged breaches of nan league’s regulations by Manchester City. The club, who contradict wrongdoing, were charged pinch much than 130 breaches successful February 2023.

“I deliberation it would beryllium really unfair of maine to talk astir different nine successful nan Premier League,” Levy said. “All I would opportunity is that it’s going done a process which I deliberation has gone connected for acold excessively long. It needs to beryllium brought, for nan bully of nan game, to a conclusion 1 measurement aliases another.”