How Daniel Levy’s relationship with Premier League rivals led to Tottenham demise

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Journalist Miguel Delaney has revealed that one of the factors that contributed to Daniel Levy’s Tottenham sacking was his negotiation tactics, with many Premier League clubs growing tired of dealing with him.

Spurs fans are still digesting the news of Daniel Levy’s departure from Tottenham, with the 63-year-old resigning with immediate effect on Thursday.

It has since been widely reported that Levy was pushed out by members of the Lewis family following an internal review of the club.

Several sources have claimed that the Lewis family have decided to usher in a new era at the club, where sporting success would be prioritised. It has now emerged that there was one more major factor that counted against Daniel Levy.

Several of Tottenham’s Premier League rivals did not want to deal with Daniel Levy

It has now been revealed by Miguel Delaney in The Independent Inside Football newsletter that there was another major problem with Levy: his negotiating style.

By the end of the transfer window, a group of Premier League clubs just did not want to deal with the 62-year-old anymore, having been fed up with the exhaustive nature of the negotiations with Spurs.

One chief executive told the outlet: “Most people think the best deal is one where everyone is happy – not Daniel.”

The long-serving Spurs chairman wanted to ‘win’ every negotiation and would even make one final request after closing transfers. One connected figure is quoted as saying about Levy: “Two decades of behaviour were coming back at him.”

Tottenham’s decision to part ways with him is thought to have been partly down to the consequences of his negotiating style.

Levy accumulated too much power at Spurs

Delaney also says in his report that the 63-year-old had accumulated too much power at the North London club.

It was felt that he had become anchored to his negotiating strategy even though the strategy no longer served Tottenham’s current status.

While Levy had been integral to the club achieving that status in the first place, there was a feeling among the owners that it was time for them to go in a different direction.