Rival investors show interest in Spurs

Last updated : 06 January 2005 By Alistair Murray

Mr Levy has insisted the club isn’t for sale, but in a Sunday newspaper interview with former Spurs boss Glenn Hoddle, given prior to his appointment as Wolverhampton Wanderers manager last week, Hoddle stated that he didn't see much of a future for Levy at the north London club.

"Daniel Levy is having his last little go at making Spurs a success but if the pressure comes on then he'll run one day. Knowing Daniel as I do, he will not like the pressure, especially if there is chanting against him from the fans - he is not an Alan Sugar and he is not a football man," said Hoddle.

"I really do believe there is a chance he will sell up and depart if the team continues to struggle," he added.

Birmingham City owner, David Sullivan, already a 2.9% shareholder at Tottenham has also declared an interest raising his stake in the future. The 55-year-old pornography tycoon lives in Essex and hopes that he can find a club to invest in closer to home one day. Sullivan once had almost the same quantity of shares in West Ham as Levy does in Tottenham, before he opted to move the investment into Birmingham City 12 years ago.

"The motorway is wearing when you are trying to get home to see your children before they go to bed and I don't like helicopters," said Sullivan whose current 41% share in Birmingham City FC is valued at £10m.

He would need to find a buyer if he were to swap his allegiances because the Gold Brothers who own the majority of the Birmingham shares between them have no obligation to increase their holdings.