Paulie Gualtieri
R.I.P. Tony Sirico
- May 18, 2016
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Praying Spurs won't be sold to someone from Qatar, Russia etc. I know most fans disagree, but the most enjoyable part of being a Spurs-fan the last 20 years have been seeing the club develop step by step without any financial "doping" (of course Sugar might have saved the club from going bankrupt at one point). Becoming a new City in London would kill some of the fun of being a fan for me. Instead of hoping for players to develop you just end up hoping someone will throw away more money than the others on some fancy name. So utterly pointless and so removed from what sports are about.
I'm with you there.
Just found this on Reddit, take it for what you like:
I know more than I should about this situation... The sale has been agreed and has been for nearly a year, it will be announced once we move in. The sale will be split into 2 transactions, club and stadium. Levy will remain as chairman, on a wage. With no invested cash in the club, maybe he'll be more willing to loosen the purse strings... New owners are likely to see us as a vanity project, it won't be to City/PSG standards by any stretch but the financial constraints we face now won't be as relevant.
For this summer, we're having to balance protection of valuable assets with not vastly increasing the monthly outgoings of the club. The buyers won't look too kindly on the outgoings on wages being double what they were when the deal was reached. Some fluctuation is accepted, especially with consistent league finishes...
Any quote of a source to this?
A major commercial property trader in London, he has no interest in football but got the information from source as he thought I'd be interested... He knows because of the stadium transaction.
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