Daniel Levy, credit where credit is due

Today Spurs announced the link up with Brazilian club, Internacional. This follows up with other deals to link up clubs. It coud work well with us as we may be able to get first look at some exciting Brazilian talent. This may mean Sandros potentially coming to us.

I believe it was 2001 when ENIC took over at Spurs and saw Alan Sugar leave the club. Daniel Levy has certainly had hgis critics and the whole Ramos/Jol affair was certainly a low point in is stewardship.

So what has Levy done for us? Well look at the previous decade under Alan Sugar to compare. Our highest finish post 91' was 6th under Gerry Francis and the only trophy was the 99' Legaue Cup. We endured some humiliating losses, the 6-1 to Chelsea and 6-1 to Newcastle were two that spring to mind. We lost ground with Arsenal by a big margin when we were on the same level as them back in 91'. Then there is the manager merry-go-round.

I am probably in the minority but I believe that Glenn Hoddle was badly treated as manager. He was undermined by David Pleat in the board room, remeber he stopped us from signing Samuel E'to, and he had to endured several big named charlies in the dressing room, particularly Teddy Sherringham and Tim Sherwood. Although this was the early days of ENIC.

If you look at the last eight years and what we have achieved both on the field and off, it makes for better reading. Ok we still have only one League Cup in the trophy cabinet, but two fifth place finishes and a much helathier player investment look much better.

We still have a long way to go because I believe we should be competing with Europe's elite. We wont be able to spend like Real madrid or Manchester City, but as a business and a big one at that, we should be avle to be a top 4 club in a financial sense and hopefully a footballing sense. Tottenham Hotspur is a worldwide brand and in England we have supporters throughout the country that keeps Spurs as one of the top supported clubs in the country.

Facts are facts and we have spent in the vicinity of £200 million on players in the last four years. Daniel levy has done well to be able to raise this sort of money. Of course the Coup-de-Gras will be the new stadium. I can't wait to be one of 58,000 to see Spurs play their first game there for which I believe will herald a new successful era for Spurs. I certainly hope Daniel Levy will be given his due credit for this.