Tottenham Hotspur’s board has confirmed that the club is not for sale, revealing that its majority owner, ENIC Sports & Developments Holdings Ltd, has turned down two recent approaches.
The announcement, made late on Sunday, comes amid heightened speculation following the sudden departure of long-serving executive chairman Daniel Levy last week. Levy, who earned more than £50 million during nearly 25 years in charge, was the Premier League’s longest-serving chairman but often faced fan protests, particularly during the last season.
In its statement, the board said ENIC had rejected separate preliminary expressions of interest from Amanda Staveley’s PCP International Finance Limited and from a consortium led by Dr Roger Kennedy and Wing-Fai Ng under Firehawk Holdings Limited.
“The Board of the Club and ENIC confirm that Tottenham Hotspur is not for sale and ENIC has no intention to accept any such offer to acquire its interest in the Club,” the statement read.
ENIC currently controls around 87% of the north London side. UK businessman Joe Lewis and his family hold the majority stake, while Daniel Levy and his family own roughly 30%.
